Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 222, Issue -, Pages 388-398Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.10.014
Keywords
Polyhydroxyalkanoates; Mixed microbial cultures; Short-chain fatty acids; Nitrogen deficiency; Optimum pH
Funding
- Research Committee of the University of Patras, Program 'Constantin Caratheodory' [C144]
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Mixed microbial cultures that undergo successful enrichment, following eco-biotechnological approaches, to form a community dominant in polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) forming bacteria, represent an attractive economic alternative towards the production of those biopolymers. In the present study, an enriched mixed culture was investigated for the production of PHA at different initial pH values under non-controlled conditions in order to minimize process control and operational costs. Short-chain fatty acids were provided as PHA precursors and they were tested as sole carbon sources and as mixtures under nitrogen deficiency. By the obtained kinetic and stoichiometric parameters it was shown that at an initial pH value of 6.90 PHA production was favored. Butyrate was characterized as the preferred carbon source, whereas simultaneous feeding led to increased rates and yields when butyrate and acetate were present. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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