Abstract
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd A new protocol for polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) extraction from mixed microbial cultures (MMCs) is proposed. PHA-accumulating capacity of the MMC was selected in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) fed with a synthetic effluent emulating a fermented oil mill wastewater (OMW). The highest recovery yield and purity (74 ± 8% and 100 ± 5%, respectively) was obtained when using NH4-Laurate for which operating conditions of the extraction process such as temperature, concentration and contact time were optimized. Best conditions for PHA extraction from MMC turned to be: i) a pre-treatment with NaClO at 85 °C with 1 h of contact time, followed by ii) a treatment with lauric acid in a ratio acid lauric to biomass of 2:1 and 3 h of contact time.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 361-369 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Bioresource Technology |
Volume | 282 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2019 |
Keywords
- Bioplastic
- PHA
- Wastewater treatment
- Water resource recovery
- Bioreactors
- Polyhydroxyalkanoates/isolation & purification
- Plastics/isolation & purification
- Biomass
- Fermentation
- Waste Water/chemistry
- PERFORMANCE
- BIOMASS
- POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE) PRODUCTION
- ENRICHMENT
- EFFICIENT
- MICROSTRUCTURE