Reprint
Advances in Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Production, Volume 2
Edited by
May 2020
202 pages
- ISBN978-3-03928-640-9 (Paperback)
- ISBN978-3-03928-641-6 (PDF)
This is a Reprint of the Special Issue Advances in Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Production, Volume 2 that was published in
Biology & Life Sciences
Engineering
Summary
Nowadays, we are witnessing highly dynamic research activities related to the intriguing field of biodegradable materials with plastic-like properties. These activities are stimulated by the strengthened public awareness of prevailing ecological issues connected to growing piles of plastic waste and increasing greenhouse gas emissions; this goes hand-in-hand with the ongoing depletion of fossil feedstocks, which are traditionally used to produce full carbon backbone polymers. Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolyesters, a family of plastic-like materials with versatile material properties, are increasing considered to be a future-oriented solution for diminishing these concerns. PHA production is based on renewable resources and occurs in a bio-mediated fashion through the action of living organisms. If accomplished in an optimized way, PHA production and the entire PHA lifecycle are embedded into nature´s closed cycles of carbon. Sustainable and efficient PHA production requires understanding and improvement of all the individual process steps. Holistic improvement of PHA production, applicable on an industrially relevant scale, calls for, inter alia, consolidated knowledge about the enzymatic and genetic particularities of PHA-accumulating organisms, an in-depth understanding of the kinetics of the bioprocess, the selection of appropriate inexpensive fermentation feedstocks, tailoring of PHA composition at the level of its monomeric constituents, optimized biotechnological engineering, and novel strategies for PHA recovery from biomass characterized by low energy and chemical requirements. This Special Issue represents a comprehensive compilation of articles in which these individual aspects have been addressed by globally recognized experts.
Format
- Paperback
License and Copyright
© 2020 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), bioprocess design; carbon dioxide; cyanobacteria; upstream processing; Archaea; bioeconomy; biopolyester; downstream processing; extremophiles; haloarchaea; Haloferax; halophiles; polyhydroxyalkanoates; salinity; polyhydroxyalkanoates; terpolymer; P(3HB-co-3HV-co-4HB); Cupriavidus malaysiensis; polyhydroxyalkanoates; biomedicine; biomaterials; Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate); tissue engineering; wound healing; delivery system; poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHVB); poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate); bubble column bioreactor; COMSOL; microorganism; PHB; simulation; polyhydroxyalkanoate; PHA; process analytical technologies; PAT; plant oil; high-cell-density fed-batch; photon density wave spectroscopy; PDW; Ralstonia eutropha; Cupriavidus necator; on-line; in-line; polyhydroxyalkanoates; fed-batch; productivity; Pseudomonas; bioreactor; microaerophilic; PHA; viscosity; non-Newtonian fluid; fed-batch fermentation; oxygen transfer; Pseudomonas putida; medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate (mcl-PHA); alginate; biosurfactants; biopolymer; Pseudomonas; blends; film; polyhydroxyalkanoates processing; electrospinning; additive manufacturing; selective laser sintering; fused deposition modeling; computer-aided wet-spinning; polyhydroxybutyrate; tequila bagasse; hydrolysate detoxification; activated charcoal; phenolic compounds; biomedical application; cyanobacteria; feedstocks; gaseous substrates; haloarchaea; high cell density cultivation; in-line monitoring; PHA composition; PHA processing; polyhydroxyalkanoate; process engineering; process simulation; Pseudomonas sp.; rheology; terpolyester; waste streams