Volume: 3, 2024
3rd International PhD Student’s Conference at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland:
ENVIRONMENT – PLANT – ANIMAL – PRODUCT
Abstract number: E028
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24326/ICDSUPL3.E028
Published online: 24 April 2024
ICDSUPL, 3, E028 (2024)
In producting PHB, by using PCR technology to know gene expression of different microbiomes in the reactor and help shortening the accumulation phase
Lin Sun1
1 GEMMA-Group of Environmental Engineering and Microbiology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica De Catalunya, Jordi Girona, 1-3, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain
* Corresponding author: lin.sun@upc.edu
Abstract
Environmental pollutions are increasing day by day due to more plastic application, plastic particles contaminate the marine ecosystem and the food chain, including foodstuffs intended for human consumption. As a potential remedy, so called “bioplastics” are strongly emerging today. PHB are a family of environmentally friendly and sustainable polyesters produced by various microorganisms, PhB have been proposed to partially replace traditional chemical plastics. Cyanobacteria can grow using inorganic substrates, such as CO2 from industrial sources and nutrients from wastewaters, and therefore are promising microorganisms to produce PHB.IN using wastewater, mixed cyanobacteria colonies are cultivated to produce PHB，we wanna use PCR technology to understand which cyanobacteria species are in the reactor and then know gene expression of different microbiomes, and we will decipher which microbiomes are more productive than the others. This information could help shortening the accumulation phase and make the process much more productive through changing some parameters (e.g., light intensity, temperature, other chemical conditions) to improve technology to break bottlenecks for increasing efficiency.
How to cite
L. Sun, 2024. In producting PHB, by using PCR technology to know gene expression of different microbiomes in the reactor and help shortening the accumulation phase. In: 3rd International PhD Student’s Conference at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland: Environment – Plant – Animal – Product. https://doi.org/10.24326/ICDSUPL3.E028