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Overall process of using a valerate-dominant sludge hydrolysate to produce high-quality polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) in a mixed culture.


ABSTRACT: The overall process of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) production in a mixed culture fed by thermophilic fermented valerate-dominant sludge hydrolysate with high-level soluble organics (proteins and carbohydrates) and nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) was investigated in this study. The valerate-dominant hydrolysate was fed to enrich a PHA culture with an increasing concentration, and the enriched culture displayed a strong PHA-producing capacity under feast-famine conditions. Valerate in the feedstock was preferentially utilized over acetate and butyrate, and its uptake correlated with the production of 3-hydroxyvalerate (3HV) and 3-hydroxy-2-methylvalerate (3H2MV). The maximum PHA content (42.31%) was highest to date in a mixed culture with complex feedstock, and the PHA consisted of 3-hydroxybutyrate (3HB), 3HV, 3H2MV at 68.4, 23.7, 7.9?mmol?C%. PHA production was inhibited when the nutrients exceeded a certain limit. Microbial analysis revealed that valerate-dominant feedstock caused Delftia (53%) to become the prevailing group over other PHA-producing bacteria. For long-term operation, 75% of the biomass at the end of feast phase was collected for PHA recovery, and the entire process exhibited a potential to produce 5?g PHA from 1?kg sludge. These findings indicate that the complex valerate-dominant sludge hydrolysate can be used to stably produce PHA containing high 3HV and 3H2MV.

SUBMITTER: Hao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5537348 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Overall process of using a valerate-dominant sludge hydrolysate to produce high-quality polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) in a mixed culture.

Hao Jiuxiao J   Wang Xiujin X   Wang Hui H  

Scientific reports 20170731 1


The overall process of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) production in a mixed culture fed by thermophilic fermented valerate-dominant sludge hydrolysate with high-level soluble organics (proteins and carbohydrates) and nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) was investigated in this study. The valerate-dominant hydrolysate was fed to enrich a PHA culture with an increasing concentration, and the enriched culture displayed a strong PHA-producing capacity under feast-famine conditions. Valerate in the feed  ...[more]

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