Development of a bioprocess to convert PET derived terephthalic acid and biodiesel derived glycerol to medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoate

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 623-633

  Kenny, Shane T ^a   Runic, Jasmina Nikodinovic ^a,d   Kaminsky, Walter ^c   Woods, Trevor ^b   Babu, Ramesh P ^b   O'Connor, Kevin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Glycerol; Polyethylene terephthalate; Polyhydroxyalkanoate; Terephthalic acid; Waste

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY; BIOPROCESSES; CARBON SOURCE; CELL DRY WEIGHT; CO-FEEDING; FED-BATCH BIOREACTORS; FEEDING STRATEGIES; MONOMER COMPOSITIONS; POLY-HYDROXYALKANOATE; POLYMER PROPERTIES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PYROLYSIS PRODUCTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLE CARBON; SOLE CARBON SOURCE; TEREPHTHALATE; TEREPHTHALIC ACIDS;

BIODIESEL; CARBON; FEEDING; FERMENTATION; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYMERS; PRODUCTIVITY; SODIUM; SUBSTRATES; WASTES;

GLYCEROL;

3 HYDROXYDECANOIC ACID; BIODIESEL; CARBON; GLYCEROL; HYDROXYACID; MONOMER; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; TEREPHTHALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CARBON; FERMENTATION; POLYMER; PYROLYSIS; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOMASS; BIOPROCESS; BIOREACTOR; CARBON SOURCE; CELL DRY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; FEEDING; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BIOMASS; CARBON; FERMENTATION; GLYCEROL; PHTHALIC ACIDS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 84864609421     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4058-4     Document Type: Article

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