Bioprocess optimization for lactic and succinic acid production from a pulp and paper industry side stream.

ABSTRACT: The effective and cheap production of platform chemicals is a crucial step towards the transition to a bio-based economy. In this work, biotechnological methods using sustainable, cheap, and readily available raw materials bring bio-economy and industrial microbiology together: Microbial production of two platform chemicals is demonstrated [lactic (LA) and succinic acid (SA)] from a non-expensive side stream of pulp and paper industry (fibre sludge) proposing a sustainable way to valorize it towards economically important monomers for bioplastics formation. This work showed a promising new route for their microbial production which can pave the way for new market expectations within the circular economy principles. Fibre sludge was enzymatically hydrolysed for 72 h to generate a glucose ri

SUBMITTER: Olszewska-Widdrat A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10232882 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature