Review of sustainable methane mitigation and bio-polymer production
Karthikeyan, O.P., Karthigeyan, C.P., Cirés, Samuel, and Heimann, Kirsten (2015) Review of sustainable methane mitigation and bio-polymer production. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 45. pp. 1579-1610.
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Abstract
Biological methane (CH4) mitigation combined with bio-polymer (PHA-polyhydroxyalkaonate/PHB-polyhydroxybutyrate) production is a viable option in this fossil fuel-constrained era. Methantrophs are bacteria that can re-route CH4 into PHA/PHB under nutrient-starved conditions. However, most studies (up to 90%) investigated pure cultures to demonstrate capacity for PHA/PHB accumulation, which on an industrial scale is unlikely to be serviceable. Furthermore, commercialization is handicapped as there are still number of unresolved issues which affect productivities, such as optimized process variables, characterization of robust consortia and optimized reactor design. This review will summarize existing knowledge and highlight research needs to fast track methanotrophic PHA/PHB production from CH4.
| Item ID: | 35932 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1547-6537 |
| Keywords: | methane, methanotrophs, methane mono-oxygenase (MMO), polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA)/polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), bioreactors and techno-economics |
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| Additional Information: | A version of this publication was included as Chapter 1 of the following PhD thesis: Chidambaram Padmavathy, Karthigeyan (2017) Response of methanotroph-heterotroph consortia to different environmental factors. PhD thesis, James Cook University, which is available Open Access in ResearchOnline@JCU. Please see the Related URLs for access. |
| Funders: | Australian Government’s Cooperative Research Centre Scheme |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Oct 2014 03:54 |
| FoR Codes: | 05 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 0503 Soil Sciences > 050301 Carbon Sequestration Science @ 30% 09 ENGINEERING > 0907 Environmental Engineering > 090703 Environmental Technologies @ 20% 09 ENGINEERING > 0912 Materials Engineering > 091209 Polymers and Plastics @ 50% |
| SEO Codes: | 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9603 Climate and Climate Change > 960302 Climate Change Mitigation Strategies @ 50% 97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970110 Expanding Knowledge in Technology @ 50% |
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