Joao Snoei de Castro
Finland
Research Article
Bioconversion of Commercial and Waste Glycerol into Value-Added
Polyhydroxyalkanoates by Bacterial Strains
Author(s): Joao Snoei de Castro, Luong Dang Nguyen and Jukka SeppalaJoao Snoei de Castro, Luong Dang Nguyen and Jukka Seppala
The industrial conversion of renewable resources into bio-based materials has been increasingly receiving attention from an economic and, in particular, an environmental point of view. Among these bioresources, glycerol represents one of the most important base materials for the manufacturing of bulk and higher-valued products. This is mainly based on the increasing amounts of waste glycerol due to the rising production of biodiesel and other oleochemicals, as well as on the applicability of glycerol as a water-soluble carbon source for a wide range of microbial productions. Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biodegradable and environmentally friendly biopolymers, and the major contributor to PHA production is the substrate cost, therefore it is desirable to produce PHA from waste residues like biodiesel byproducts. Since soil ecosystems have a rich, but still insufficiently studied mic.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/1948-5948.1000165