Mechanistic understanding of mixed-culture fermentations by metabolic modelling
Biorefineries are set to become an important agent in the shift towards a circular economy due to their potential to valorise organic wastes into marketable products. Anaerobic fermentations yielding volatile fatty acids are a key process in this production scheme as their products act as intermedia...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC) |
| Repositorio: | Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/23612 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23612 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Materias::Investigación::33 Ciencias tecnológicas::3302 Tecnología bioquímica::330202 Tecnología de la fermentación Materias::Investigación::33 Ciencias tecnológicas::3302 Tecnología bioquímica::330203 Microbiología industrial Materias::Investigación::33 Ciencias tecnológicas::3302 Tecnología bioquímica::330290 Ingeniería bioquímica |
| Sumario: | Biorefineries are set to become an important agent in the shift towards a circular economy due to their potential to valorise organic wastes into marketable products. Anaerobic fermentations yielding volatile fatty acids are a key process in this production scheme as their products act as intermediates between the organic wastes and the final biorefinery products. However, their product selectivity is highly influenced by the environmental conditions and the mechanisms governing the process remain unknown. In this thesis, predictive tools were developed with the objective of understanding the mechanisms governing anaerobic fermentations and of designing processes targeting specific volatile fatty acids with high productivity. |
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