Animal fat and glycerol bioconversion to polyhydroxyalkanoate by produced water bacteria

Bioconversion technologies of crude glycerol to value added industrial products

Crude glycerol that is produced as the by-product from biodiesel, has to be effectively utilized to contribute to the viability of biodiesel. Crude glycerol in large amounts can pose a threat to the environment. Therefore, there is a need to convert this crude glycerol into valued added products using biotechnological processes, which brings new revenue to biodiesel producers. Crude glycerol ca...

Oxidation of glycerol to formaldehyde by microsomes: are glycerol radicals produced in the reaction pathway?

Microsomes and reconstituted systems containing cytochrome P450 can oxidize glycerol to formaldehyde in a reaction catalyzed by an oxidant produced from the interaction of nonheme iron with H2O2. To evaluate the mechanism for this oxidation, the generation of glycerol radicals by various systems was compared to rates of formaldehyde production from glycerol. Photolysis of H2O2, oxidation of xan...

Molecular Diagnostic for Prospecting Polyhydroxyalkanoate-Producing Bacteria

The use of molecular diagnostic techniques for bioprospecting and microbial diversity study purposes has gained more attention thanks to their functionality, low cost and quick results. In this context, ten degenerate primers were designed for the amplification of polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase (phaC) gene, which is involved in the production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)-a biodegradable, renewa...

BIOCONVERSION OF WATER-HYACINTH TO NUTRITIONALLY ENRICHED ANIMAL FEED BY SOLID STATE FERMENTATION USING Pleurotus sajor-caju

Microbial Production of 3-Hydroxypropionaldehyde from Glycerol Bioconversion

3-Hydroxypropionaldehyde (3-HPA) is of high industrial interest as a new platform intermediate from bioconversion of renewable materials because it can be converted into a number of large scale commodity chemicals. In this work we studied the production of 3-HPA from bioconversion of glycerol in a two-stage process. In the first stage active biomass is produced. The active biomass is then used ...