%0 Journal Article %A Chalima, Angelina %A de Castro, Laura Fernandez %A Burgstaller, Lukas %A Sampaio, Paula %A Carolas, Ana Lúcia %A Gildemyn, Sylvia %A Velghe, Filip %A Ferreira, Bruno Sommer %A Pais, Celia %A Neureiter, Markus %A Dietrich, Thomas %A Topakas, Evangelos %T Waste-derived volatile fatty acids as carbon source for added-value fermentation approaches %D 2021 * Oxford University Press %X The establishment of a sustainable circular bioeconomy requires the effective material recycling from biomass and biowaste beyond composting/fertilizer or anaerobic digestion/bioenergy. Recently, volatile fatty acids attracted much attention due to their potential application as carbon source for the microbial production of high added-value products. Their low-cost production from different types of wastes through dark fermentation is a key aspect, which will potentially lead to the sustainable production of fuels, materials or chemicals, while diminishing the waste volume. This article reviews the utilization of a volatile fatty acid platform for the microbial production of polyhydroxyalkanoates, single cell oil and omega-3 fatty acids, giving emphasis on the fermentation challenges for the efficient implementation of the bioprocess and how they were addressed. These challenges were addressed through a research project funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme entitled ‘VOLATILE—Biowaste derived volatile fatty acid platform for biopolymers, bioactive compounds and chemical building blocks’. %@ 0378-1097 %K Dark fermentation %K Omega-3 fatty acids %K Polyhydroxyalkanoates %K Single cell oil %K Volatile fatty acids doi 10.1093/femsle/fnab054 %U http://hdl.handle.net/11556/1146 %~ GOEDOC, SUB GOETTINGEN