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Greening the Plastics Industry: Advances and Challenges in Bioplastics Research
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Bioplastics are an emerging class of sustainable materials that have gained significant attention due to their potential to reduce the environmental impact associated with conventional petroleum-based plastics. Bioplastics can be produced from renewable resources by microbial fermentation. Microbes can directly accumulate polyhydroxyalkanoates inside the cell or can produce various precursor molecules which can be further used to produce bioplastic. However, the commercial viability of bioplastics is limited by several challenges, including high production costs, limited feedstock availability, and inferior mechanical properties compared to conventional plastics.
Articles (8 in this collection)
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Genetic characterization of a novel Salinicola salarius isolate applied for the bioconversion of agro-industrial wastes into polyhydroxybutyrate
Authors
- Shymaa A. Abdelrahman
- Olfat S. Barakat
- Marwa N. Ahmed
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 17 February 2024
- Article: 56
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Bio-upcycling of even and uneven medium-chain-length diols and dicarboxylates to polyhydroxyalkanoates using engineered Pseudomonas putida
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Yannic S. Ackermann
- Jan de Witt
- Nick Wierckx
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 16 February 2024
- Article: 54
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Itaconate Production from Crude Substrates with U. maydis: Scale-up of an Industrially Relevant Bioprocess
Authors (first, second and last of 12)
- Tabea Helm
- Thilo Stausberg
- Stephan Noack
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 20 January 2024
- Article: 29
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Microaerobic insights into production of polyhydroxyalkanoates containing 3-hydroxyhexanoate via native reverse β-oxidation from glucose in Ralstonia eutropha H16
Authors
- Kai-Hee Huong
- Izumi Orita
- Toshiaki Fukui
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 14 January 2024
- Article: 21
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A strategy to promote the convenient storage and direct use of polyhydroxybutyrate-degrading Bacillus sp. JY14 by lyophilization with protective reagents
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Su Hyun Kim
- Nara Shin
- Yung-Hun Yang
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 15 September 2023
- Article: 184
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Optimization of polyhydroxyalkanoate production in Halomonas sp. YLGW01 using mixed volatile fatty acids: a study on mixture analysis and fed-batch strategy
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Yerin Park
- Jong-Min Jeon
- Jeong-Jun Yoon
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 04 September 2023
- Article: 171
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Sustainable biorefining and bioprocessing of green seaweed (Ulva spp.) for the production of edible (ulvan) and non-edible (polyhydroxyalkanoate) biopolymeric films
Authors
- N. Arul Manikandan
- Piet N. L. Lens
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 31 July 2023
- Article: 140