scholarly journals Effect of Operational Conditions on the Behaviour and Associated Costs of Mixed Microbial Cultures for PHA Production

Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Cabrera ◽  
Álvaro Torres ◽  
José Luis Campos ◽  
David Jeison
Keyword(s):  
Biomass Productivity ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Stable Operation ◽  
Operational Conditions ◽  
Microbial Cultures ◽  
Phb Production ◽  
Solids Retention ◽  
Mixed Microbial Cultures ◽  
Operation Results ◽  
Lower Biomass

Massive production and disposal of petrochemical derived plastics represent relevant environmental problems. Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are a renewable alternative that can even be produced from wastes. The production of PHA from acetate using mixed microbial cultures was studied. The effect of two key operational conditions was evaluated, i.e., substrate concentration and cycle length. The effects of these factors on several responses were studied using a surface response methodology. Several reactors were operated under selected conditions for at least 10 solids retention times to ensure stable operation. Results show that conditions providing higher PHA content involve lower biomass productivities. This has a great impact on biomass production costs. Results suggest then that PHA content alone may not be a reasonable criterion for determining optimal conditions for PHB production. If production costs need to be reduced, conditions that provide a lower PHA content in the selection reactor, but a higher biomass productivity may be of interest.

On-line adaptive metabolic flux analysis: Application to PHB production by mixed microbial cultures

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 390-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
João Dias ◽  
Filipa Pardelha ◽  
Mário Eusébio ◽  
Maria A. M. Reis ◽  
Rui Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Flux Analysis ◽  
Metabolic Flux ◽  
Flux Analysis ◽  
Microbial Cultures ◽  
Phb Production ◽  
Analysis Application ◽  
On Line ◽  
Mixed Microbial Cultures

Production of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate from mixed culture

Biologia ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 71 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Shalin ◽  
Raveendran Sindhu ◽  
Ashok Pandey ◽  
Vincenza Faraco ◽  
Parameswaran Binod
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Culture ◽  
Biodegradable Polymers ◽  
Biodegradable Polymer ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cost Difference ◽  
Microbial Cultures ◽  
Phb Production ◽  
Mixed Microbial Cultures ◽  
Main Barrier ◽  
The Cost

AbstractPoly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) is a biodegradable polymer produced by many bacteria. Some of the properties are similar to thermoplastics like polypropylene, hence finding application PHB can directly replace non-biodegradable polymers. But the main barrier has been the cost difference. The utilization of mixed microbial cultures facilitates the use of complex substrates and thus can reduce the cost of PHB production. In the present study, mixed culture systems, where metabolite produced by one organism may be assimilated by the other organism, were employed.

scholarly journals On-Line Control of Feast/Famine Cycles to Improve PHB Accumulation during Cultivation of Mixed Microbial Cultures in Sequential Batch Reactors

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (23) ◽  
pp. 12611
Author(s):  
Francisco Cabrera ◽  
Álvaro Torres-Aravena ◽  
Fernanda Pinto-Ibieta ◽  
José Luis Campos ◽  
David Jeison
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Source ◽  
Cycle Time ◽  
Biomass Productivity ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Batch Reactors ◽  
Microbial Cultures ◽  
On Line ◽  
Mixed Microbial Cultures ◽  
Interesting Alternative ◽  
Selection Of

Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) has generated great interest as building blocks for bioplastic production. Their production using mixed microbial cultures represents an interesting alternative, since it enables the use of organic wastes as a carbon source. Feast/famine strategy is a common way to promote selection of microorganisms with PHA accumulation capacity. However, when using waste sources, changes in substrate concentration are expected, that may affect performance and efficiency of the process. This study showed how the dissolved oxygen level can be used for online control of the cycle time, ensuring that the desired feast/famine ratio is effectively applied. An operation strategy is presented and validated, using sequential batch reactors fed with acetate as the carbon source. Production of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) was studied, which is the expected type of PHA to be synthetized when using acetate as substrate. Two reactors were operated by applying the proposed control strategy, to provide F/F ratios of 0.2 and 0.6, respectively. A third reactor was operated with a fixed cycle time, for comparison purposes. Results showed that the reactor that operated at an F/F ratio of 0.6 promoted higher biomass productivity and PHB content, as a result of a better use of available time, preventing unnecessary long famine times. The application of the tested strategy is a simple a reliable way to promote a better performance of feast/famine-based bioreactors involving mixed microbial cultures for PHB production.

On-line monitoring of PHB production by mixed microbial cultures using respirometry, titrimetry and chemometric modelling

2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
João M.L. Dias ◽  
Filipa Pardelha ◽  
Mário Eusébio ◽  
Maria A.M. Reis ◽  
Rui Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Cultures ◽  
Phb Production ◽  
On Line ◽  
Mixed Microbial Cultures

scholarly journals Assessment of Long-Term Fermentability of PHA-Based Materials from Pure and Mixed Microbial Cultures for Potential Environmental Applications

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 897
Author(s):  
Neda Amanat ◽  
Bruna Matturro ◽  
Marta Maria Rossi ◽  
Francesco Valentino ◽  
Marianna Villano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Remediation ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Rapid Onset ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Microbial Cultures ◽  
Extraction And Purification ◽  
Fermentation Pattern ◽  
Mixed Microbial Cultures

The use of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) as slow-release electron donors for environmental remediation represents a novel and appealing application that is attracting considerable attention in the scientific community. In this context, here, the fermentation pattern of different types of PHA-based materials has been investigated in batch and continuous-flow experiments. Along with commercially available materials, produced from axenic microbial cultures, PHA produced at pilot scale by mixed microbial cultures (MMC) using waste feedstock have been also tested. As a main finding, a rapid onset of volatile fatty acids (VFA) production was observed with a low-purity MMC-deriving material, consisting of microbial cells containing 56% (on weight basis) of intracellular PHA. Indeed, with this material a sustained, long-term production of organic acids (i.e., acetic, propionic, and butyric acids) was observed. In addition, the obtained yield of conversion into acids (up to 70% gVFA/gPHA) was higher than that obtained with the other tested materials, made of extracted and purified PHA. These results clearly suggest the possibility to directly use the PHA-rich cells deriving from the MMC production process, with no need of extraction and purification procedures, as a sustainable and effective carbon source bringing remarkable advantages from an economic and environmental point of view.

scholarly journals Use of Bioproducts Derived from Mixed Microbial Cultures Grown with Crude Glycerol to Protect Recycled Concrete Surfaces

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 2057
Author(s):  
Lorena Serrano-González ◽  
Daniel Merino-Maldonado ◽  
Manuel Ignacio Guerra-Romero ◽  
Julia María Morán-del Pozo ◽  
Paulo Costa Lemos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Absorption ◽  
Crude Glycerol ◽  
Protective Layer ◽  
Recycled Concrete ◽  
Recycled Aggregate ◽  
World Population ◽  
Management Problem ◽  
Waste Glycerol ◽  
Microbial Cultures ◽  
Mixed Microbial Cultures

The large increase in the world population has resulted in a very large amount of construction waste, as well as a large amount of waste glycerol from transesterification reactions of acyl glycerides from oils and fats, in particular from the production of biodiesel. Only a limited percentage of these two residues are recycled, which generates a large management problem worldwide. For that reason, in this study, we used crude glycerol as a carbon source to cultivate polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA)-producing mixed microbial cultures (MMC). Two bioproducts derived from these cultures were applied on the surface of concrete with recycled aggregate to create a protective layer. To evaluate the effect of the treatments, tests of water absorption by capillarity and under low pressure with Karsten tubes were performed. Furthermore, SEM-EDS analysis showed the physical barrier caused by biotreatments that produced a reduction on capillarity water absorption of up to 20% and improved the impermeability of recycled concrete against the penetration of water under pressure up to 2.7 times relative to the reference. Therefore, this bioproduct shown to be a promising treatment to protect against penetration of water to concrete surfaces increasing its durability and useful life.

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