Publication detail

Use of Lignocellulosic Materials for PHA Production

OBRUČA, S. BENEŠOVÁ, P. MARŠÁLEK, L. MÁROVÁ, I.

Original Title

Use of Lignocellulosic Materials for PHA Production

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are very promising materials that might serve as an environmentally friendly alternative to petrochemical plastics. The main obstacle preventing PHAs from entering the market massively is the final cost of the polymer material, a significant portion of which is attributed to carbon substrate. Hence, the researchers have been intensively seeking cheap substrates for sustainable production of PHAs. Lignocellulose represents a very promising substrate for PHAs production – it is abundant, cheap, and it does not compete with human food chain. On the other hand, utilization of lignocellulose materials as substrates for biotechnological processes represents a challenge due to many factors, such as necessary hydrolysis of the biomass to yield fermentable sugars and presence of numerous antimicrobial agents. Therefore, this work summarizes recent advances in biotechnological conversion of lignocellulose materials into PHAs. The review not only deals with the process of fermentation, but it also considers different approaches of lignocellulose hydrolysis and detoxification.

Keywords

polyhydroxyalkanoates, lignocellulose materials, fermentation, hydrolysis, detoxification

Authors

OBRUČA, S.; BENEŠOVÁ, P.; MARŠÁLEK, L.; MÁROVÁ, I.

RIV year

2015

Released

27. 7. 2015

Publisher

Croatian Society Of Chemical Engineers

ISBN

0352-9568

Periodical

CHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING QUARTERLY

Year of study

29

Number

2

State

Republic of Croatia

Pages from

135

Pages to

144

Pages count

10

URL

http://silverstripe.fkit.hr/cabeq/past-issues/article/766

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/65369

BibTex

@article{BUT115401,
  author="OBRUČA, S. and BENEŠOVÁ, P. and MARŠÁLEK, L. and MÁROVÁ, I.",
  title="Use of Lignocellulosic Materials for PHA Production",
  journal="CHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING QUARTERLY",
  year="2015",
  volume="29",
  number="2",
  pages="135--144",
  doi="10.15255/CABEQ.2014.2253",
  issn="0352-9568",
  url="http://silverstripe.fkit.hr/cabeq/past-issues/article/766"
}