Michela Sbicego

Thermal Hydrolysis-Driven Lactate Enrichment and Caproate Specificity in Self-Buffered Mixed Waste Fermentation: Mechanistic Insights into a Long-Term Integrated Chain Elongation and Anaerobic Digestion Process

Abstract This study demonstrates a sustainable continuous production of medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs) from real waste streams, achieving stable caproate synthesis without external buffering or electron donor addition. This new process couples microbial chain elongation of mixe...