Medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoate (mcl-PHA) production from volatile fatty acids derived from the anaerobic digestion of grass

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 611-620

  Cerrone, Federico ^a,b   Choudhari, Santosh K ^a,c   Davis, Reeta ^a,b   Cysneiros, Denise ^a   O'Flaherty, Vincent ^a   Duane, Gearoid ^b   Casey, Eoin ^b   Guzik, Maciej W ^b   Kenny, Shane T ^b   Babu, Ramesh P ^a,c   O'Connor, Kevin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biorefining; Grass biomass; mcl Polyhydroxyalkanoates; VFAs

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; POACEAE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 84895070130     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5323-x     Document Type: Article

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