期刊
CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
卷 57, 期 -, 页码 160-166出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2019.03.020
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- Stanford Woods Institute for Environment [1197667-10-WTAZB]
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program [DGE-1656518]
- Center for the Utilization of Biological Engineering in Space (CUBES) through NASA [1208377-1-RFATP]
Accumulation of plastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems is the predictable result of high demand for plastic functionalities, optimized production with economies of scale, and recalcitrance. Strategies are needed for end-of-life conversion of recalcitrant plastics into useful feedstocks and for transition to materials that are biodegradable, non-bioaccumulative, and non-toxic. Promising alternatives are the polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), a vast family of polymers amenable to decentralized production from renewable feedstocks. Establishment of a global-scale PHA-based industry will require identification of PHAs with tailored properties for use as 'drop-in' replacements for existing plastics; use of low-cost renewable/waste-derived feedstocks; high productivity cultures that may be genetically modified microorganisms or non-axenic mixed cultures maintained by selection pressures that favor high PHA-producing strains; and low-cost extraction/purification schemes.
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