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Microbial valorization of waste cooking oils for valuable compounds production – a review
- Lopes, Marlene; Miranda, Sílvia M.; Belo, Isabel
- Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 50(24), 2583-2616, 2020
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Abstract
AbstractWaste cooking oils (WCO) are vegetable oils discarded after food frying and great amounts are produced worldwide. Its management is a challenge, due to the environmental risk of illegally disposal into rivers and landfills. The main approaches for WCO valorization included their incorporation as component of animal feed and biodiesel manufacturing. Yet, the development of new feasible approaches is attractive from an economic and ecological standpoint. Due to their composition in triglycerides, untreated WCO can be used as feedstock for microbial growth (several species are able to use ...
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