Effect of pH on the production of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates by mixed cultures enriched under periodic feeding |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy;2. Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie 15 – Ca’ Vignal, 37134 Verona, Italy;1. La Sapienza, University of Rome, Department of Chemistry, Rome, Italy;2. Veolia Water Technologies AB − AnoxKaldnes, Lund, Sweden;3. University of Queensland, School of Chemical Engineering, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia;4. Promiko AB, Lomma, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | This research investigated the effect of pH on polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production by mixed cultures enriched in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) starting from activated sludge. The enrichment was performed with a mixture of acetic (85% on COD basis) and propionic (15%) acid, at an organic load rate of 8.5 gCOD/L/day over the range of pH from 7.5 to 9.5.The enriched cultures were all able to store the copolymer poly(3-hydroxybutyrate/3-hydroxyvalerate). Higher polymer production rates and yields (389 mg PHA (as COD)/g non-polymer biomass (as COD)/h and 0.53 COD/COD, respectively) were observed when the pH in the SBR was controlled at 7.5, with Lampropedia hyalina as the dominant bacterial species of the microbial community.PHA composition was also strongly affected by the pH. Indeed, batch tests showed that hydroxyvalerate (HV) content in the copolymer increased with increasing pH up to about 48% (mol/mol) at pH 9.5. Interestingly, the possibility of enhancing the HV content was also verified by performing batch tests at a more alkaline pH value than that in the SBR. In conclusion, this paper suggests that pH control is a main tool to tune HV content in the PHA, regardless of the feed composition. |
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