Abstract
Crude glycerol is by-product produced from biodiesel industry and can be converted directly by mixed microbial culture (MMC) into polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs). This study investigated the effects of the reverse (SBR_A) and positive (SBR_B) glycerol gradient substrate strategy on PHA-accumulating culture enrichment and the maximum PHA accumulating stability under substrates with different glycerol and volatile fatty acid (VFA) proportion. The results showed that crude glycerol was mainly used for PHA production rather than biomass growth in SBR_A. The maximum qPHA was 0.65 g COD/g X−1·h−1 under sole crude glycerol condition in SBR_A, which was 2.41 times higher than that of SBR_B. Moreover, the PHA accumulating ability of the biomass from SBR_A was more stable than SBR_B. Saccharibacteria_genera_incertae_sedis was for the first time found to be the dominant genus using crude glycerol for PHA production. This research provides an insight into enrichment strategy to effectively enrich PHA-accumulating culture from crude glycerol.
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