A5018742809- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
- Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
- Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
- Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
- Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
- Polymer crystallization and properties
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
- Petroleum Processing and Analysis
- Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
- Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
2019-2022
Unidade em Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas
2022
Rede de Química e Tecnologia
2019-2020
University of Lisbon
2020
The co-culture of Cupriavidus necator DSM 428 and Pseudomonas citronellolis NRRL B-2504 was performed using apple pulp waste from the fruit processing industry as sole carbon source to produce poly(3-hydroxybutyrate), P(3HB) medium-chain length PHA, mcl-PHA, respectively. polymers accumulated by both strains were extracted co-culture's biomass, resulting in a natural blend that composed around 48 wt% 52 with an average molecular weight 4.3 × 105 Da polydispersity index 2.2. Two melting...
Background and objective: Apple pulp waste generated by the fruit processing industry is a sugar-rich material with great potential to be used as feedstock for production of value added microbial products. The aim this work was use cultivation Pseudomonas citronellolis medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates, natural elastomer. Material methods: solid fraction apple discarded soluble fraction, rich in fructose (17.7 g l -1 ), glucose (7.5 ) sucrose (1.2 batch bioreactor NRRL B-2504....
Komagataeibacter xylinus strains DSM 2004 and 46604 were evaluated for their ability to grow produce bacterial cellulose (BC) upon cultivation on terephthalic acid (TA) ethylene glycol (EG), which are monomers of the petrochemical-derived plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Both able utilize TA, EG, mixtures BC synthesis, with different performances. K. achieved higher production from TA (0.81 ± 0.01 g/L), EG (0.64 0.02 + (0.6 0.1 g/L) than strain 46604. The latter was unable as sole...
Biosurfactants synthesized by microorganisms represent safe and sustainable alternatives to the use of synthetic surfactants, due their lower toxicity, better biodegradability biocompatibility, production from low-cost feedstocks. In line with this, present study describes physical, chemical, functional characterization biopolymer secreted bacterium Burkholderia thailandensis DSM 13276, envisaging its validation as a biosurfactant. The was found be glycolipopeptide carbohydrate protein...