Scaling-up microbial community-based polyhydroxyalkanoate production

status and challenges

Review (2021)
Author(s)

A. Estevez Alonso (Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, TU Delft - BT/Environmental Biotechnology)

R. Pei (Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, TU Delft - BT/Environmental Biotechnology)

Mark M.C. van Loosdrecht (TU Delft - BT/Environmental Biotechnology)

R Kleerebezem (TU Delft - BT/Environmental Biotechnology)

A. Werker (TU Delft - BT/Environmental Biotechnology, Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology)

Research Group
BT/Environmental Biotechnology
Copyright
© 2021 A. Estevez Alonso, R. Pei, Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht, R. Kleerebezem, A. Werker
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2021.124790
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Publication Year
2021
Language
English
Copyright
© 2021 A. Estevez Alonso, R. Pei, Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht, R. Kleerebezem, A. Werker
Research Group
BT/Environmental Biotechnology
Volume number
327
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Abstract

Conversion of organic waste and wastewater to polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) offers a potential to recover valuable resources from organic waste. Microbial community-based PHA production systems have been successfully applied in the last decade at lab- and pilot-scales, with a total of 19 pilot installations reported in the scientific literature. In this review, research at pilot-scale on microbial community-based PHA production is categorized and subsequently analyzed with focus on feedstocks, enrichment strategies, yields of PHA on substrate, biomass PHA content and polymer characterization. From this assessment, the challenges for further scaling-up of microbial community-based PHA production are identified.