Medium Chain Carboxylic Acids from Complex Organic Feedstocks by Mixed Culture Fermentation.

ABSTRACT: Environmental pressures caused by population growth and consumerism require the development of resource recovery from waste, hence a circular economy approach. The production of chemicals and fuels from organic waste using mixed microbial cultures (MMC) has become promising. MMC use the synergy of bio-catalytic activities from different microorganisms to transform complex organic feedstock, such as by-products from food production and food waste. In the absence of oxygen, the feedstock can be converted into biogas through the established anaerobic digestion (AD) approach. The potential of MMC has shifted to production of intermediate AD compounds as precursors for renewable chemicals. A particular set of anaerobic pathways in MMC fermentation, known as chain elongation, can occur under spe

SUBMITTER: De Groof V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6384945 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature