Innovative approaches are required to transition from a linear to a circular (bio)economy. Natural plastic alternatives, such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), have great potential to promote this transition. In this study, we demonstrate the feasibility of converting solid waste animal fat (WAF) into the PHA copolymer poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyhexanoate) (P(HB-co-HHx)) via bacterial fed-batch fermentation at 750-L pilot-scale using the engineered strain Cupriavidus necator Re2058/pCB113. A
Polyhydroxyalkanoate production from solid waste animal fat and biological downstream processing: A pilot-scale study
Lara Santolin·Sebastian L. Riedel·Manoj Lakshmanan·Björn Weiske·Dhines Selvanathan·Saskia Waldburger·Fook Lun Qing·Isabel Thiele·Matilde Maldonado Simões·Peter Neubauer·Kumar Sudesh
