Polyhydroxyalkanoates production with mixed microbial cultures: From culture selection to polymer recovery in a high-rate continuous process

New Biotechnology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 289-296

  Villano, Marianna ^a   Valentino, Francesco ^a   Barbetta, Andrea ^a   Martino, Lucrezia ^b   Scandola, Mariastella ^b   Majone, Mauro ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; POLYMERS;

CONTINUOUS OPERATION; LAB-SCALE SEQUENCING; MIXED MICROBIAL CULTURE; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTIMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; POLYDISPERSITY INDICES; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; POLYMER COMPOSITION;

POLYDISPERSITY;

ACETIC ACID; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYMER; PROPIONIC ACID; OXYGEN; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; EXTRACTION; FREEZE DRYING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIXED MICROBIAL CULTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEVICES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; VOLATILIZATION;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; OXYGEN; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84901653230     PISSN: 18716784     EISSN: 18764347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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