The use of NaCl addition for the improvement of polyhydroxyalkanoate production by Cupriavidus necator
- Submitting institution
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University of South Wales / Prifysgol De Cymru
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1745570
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.biortech.2014.04.068
- Title of journal
- Bioresource Technology
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- First page
- 287
- Volume
- 163
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0960-8524
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- July
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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4
- Research group(s)
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A - Sustainable Environment Research Centre
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- The production of renewable/degradable polymers will help reduce environmental impact. Increased salinity was used as a stress factor, leading to 30% higher PHA production. A dielectric spectroscopy probe was used in real-time allowing a polymer recovery at its highest concentration – led to nGenPHA®/HiPHA®. The strategy is simple, low cost, sustainable, non-toxic and non-reactive for increasing PHA productivity. Work led to collaborations with Mauritius and German partners on bone tissue engineering applications. Work continues using high ionic strength nutrient media for PHA production and has led to ERDF-BEACON-PHA project £350k (TRL6)-collaborations developing for medical scaffolds/needles, toothbrushes, packaging applications.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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