Microbial biodegradable plastic production from a wheat-based biorefining strategy

Wine lees valorization: Biorefinery development including production of a generic fermentation feedstock employed for poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) synthesis

“…Koutinas et al (2014) presented the potential of waste streams from various industrial sectors as renewable feedstocks for chemical and biopolymer production through biorefinery development. Wheat has been utilized as a crude resource for the production of PHB and other co-products (Koutinas, Wang, & Webb, 2007;Xu, Wang, Koutinas, & Webb, 2010).…”

Microbial production of biopolymers from the renewable resource wheat straw

“…; Xu et al . ). The wheat straw used in this work turned out to be a good substrate for the production of bioplastic, particularly the hemicellulosic and the cellulosic fraction of the straw.…”

“…; Xu et al . ). The use of this alternative substrate could reduce the raw material costs and increase the economy of the biopolymer production.…”

The Protagonism of Biocatalysis in Green Chemistry and Its Environmental Benefits

“…The fungal autolysis provides the regeneration of the nutrient components from fungal biomass is mixed with the hydrolysates to generate a nutrient-complete media [80,87]. According to Koutinas et al [80], autolytic conditions induce the secretion of hydrolytic enzymes by fungi.…”

“…The nutritional resemblance between the produced generic feedstock and a combination of commercial peptone and yeast extract was confirmed by growing Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells. A production of 162.8 g/L PHB was attained by Xu et al [87] using wheat-derived media (wheat hydrolysates and fungal autolysates) as culture medium for Wautersia eutropha [87]. Tsakona et al [89] employed enzyme-rich solids, produced via SSF of A. awamori in wheat milling by-products, in hydrolysis of flour-rich waste streams.…”