RT Journal Article
T1 Waste-derived volatile fatty acids as carbon source for added-value fermentation approaches
A1 Chalima, Angelina
A1 de Castro, Laura Fernandez
A1 Burgstaller, Lukas
A1 Sampaio, Paula
A1 Carolas, Ana Lúcia
A1 Gildemyn, Sylvia
A1 Velghe, Filip
A1 Ferreira, Bruno Sommer
A1 Pais, Celia
A1 Neureiter, Markus
A1 Dietrich, Thomas
A1 Topakas, Evangelos
A1 De Castro, Laura Fernandez
AB 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’.
SN 0378-1097
YR 2021
FD 2021-05-01
LA eng
NO Chalima , A , de Castro , L F , Burgstaller , L , Sampaio , P , Carolas , A L , Gildemyn , S , Velghe , F , Ferreira , B S , Pais , C , Neureiter , M , Dietrich , T , Topakas , E & De Castro , L F 2021 , ' Waste-derived volatile fatty acids as carbon source for added-value fermentation approaches ' , FEMS Microbiology Letters , vol. 368 , no. 9 , fnab054 . https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnab054
NO Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of FEMS.
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RD 3 jul 2024