Poly(hydroxyalkanoate)s from Waste Biomass: A Combined Chemical–Biological Approach
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The synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) utilizing methane and alkenoates derived from recycled PHAs is reported. Medium‐chain length (C 6 – C 9 ) and short‐chain length (C 4 – C 5 ) polyhydroxyalkanoates were catalytically pyrolyzed to generate a range of 2‐alkenoates. The microbial copolymerization of the recovered alkenoates with methane in the presence of methanotrophic bacteria generated poly(3‐hydroxybutyrate) homopolymers from even‐numbered alkenoates and, significantly, poly(3‐hydroxybutyrate‐co‐3‐hydroxyvalerate) copolymers with tunable compositions from odd‐numbered alkenoates.
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Methanotrophic bacteria that produce PHAs can be found at wastewater treatment plants, which are often geographically close to sources of waste methane.
“The methanotrophic bacteria that produce PHAs can be found at wastewater treatment plants, which are often geographically close to sources of waste methane.375,381,382”
From Catalysis as an Enabling Science for Sustainable Polymers (2018) · cites this paper as [381]
Catalytic pyrolysis using Mg(OH)2 as the catalyst was used to recycle a variety of short- and medium-chain length PHAs and proved the utility of the recovered monomers as feedstocks for microbial synthesis of PHAs.
“This catalytic pyrolysis strategy (using Mg(OH)2 as the catalyst) was used to recycle a variety of short-and medium-chain length PHAs and further proved the utility of the recovered monomers as feedstocks for the microbial synthesis of PHAs.375,381”
From Catalysis as an Enabling Science for Sustainable Polymers (2018) · cites this paper as [381]
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- Flanagan, J. C. A., Myung, J., Criddle, C. S., & Waymouth, R. M.
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- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Polymer crystallization and properties
- Keywords
- polyhydroxyalkanoates, catalytic pyrolysis, methane, methanotrophic bacteria, polyhydroxybutyrate, poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate), copolymerization, medium-chain-length PHA, biodegradable plastics
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