Gearoid Duane

TL;DR: This study provides further information on water binding within the meat matrix by applying the results of LF-NMR to traditional water-binding theories.

TL;DR: NaOH pretreated sample had better digestibility than raw and hot water treated samples and this hydrolysate supported good growth of all tested strains with limited mcl-PHA accumulation and yields obtained for these strains when tested with laboratory grade sugars was similar to that achieved with grass derived sugars.

TL;DR: To the first report where PE is used as a starting material for production of a biodegradable polymer, the addition of biosurfactant allowed for greater bacterial growth and PHA accumulation of the tested strains.

TL;DR: A two step biological process for the conversion of grass biomass to the biodegradable polymer medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoate (mcl-PHA) was achieved through the use of anaerobic and aerobic microbial processes and P. putida CA-3 was chosen as the test strain with the concentrated VFA mixture derived from the AD leachate.

TL;DR: The usefulness of the biomass as a biocatalyst was demonstrated through the production of the biodegradable polymer polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), and an exponential followed by linearly increasing feeding strategy of glucose was found to be effective in maintaining biomass productivity.