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Title: | Long-term operation of a two-stage polyhydroxyalkanoates production process from hardwood sulphite spent liquor |
Author: | Queiros, Diogo Fonseca, Alexandre Lemos, Paulo C. Serafim, Luisa S. |
Keywords: | MIXED MICROBIAL CULTURES SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR MILL WASTE-WATER ACTIVATED-SLUDGE PHA PRODUCTION BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS STRATEGIES BIOSYNTHESIS FEEDSTOCK MOLASSES |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
Publisher: | WILEY-BLACKWELL |
Abstract: | BACKGROUNDThe development of sustainable industrial processes demands the recovery and transformation of their by-products. The production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) by mixed microbial cultures (MMC) is one of the available routes. This study evaluated the possibility of applying a two-step PHAs production process using an industrial by-product, hardwood sulphite spent liquor (HSSL), as feedstock for a MMC. The first step consisted in the selection of PHAs-storing microorganisms using an aerobic dynamic feeding strategy followed by a second step, accumulation. RESULTSThe selected MMC, despite not being able to use the main carbon source of HSSL, lignosulphonates, revealed the capacity to consume acetate and xylose to accumulate poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) and glucose biopolymer. The maximum PHAs content was relatively low, 6.6%, with a maximum production yield of 0.49 C-mmol HA C-mmol S-1 during the selection stage. CONCLUSIONA MMC was able to adapt to HSSL by consuming acetate and xylose. The imposed operational conditions resulted in a partial selection of the culture, since only acetate-consuming organisms experienced a real feast/famine regime, resulting in low PHAs production. (c) 2015 Society of Chemical Industry |
Peer review: | yes |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/19425 |
DOI: | 10.1002/jctb.4841 |
ISSN: | 0268-2575 |
Publisher Version: | 10.1002/jctb.4841 |
Appears in Collections: | CICECO - Artigos |
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