Biological treatment of biowaste as an innovative source of CO-The role of composting process

Karolina Sobieraj; Sylwia Stegenta-Dąbrowska; Gang Luo; Jacek A Koziel; Andrzej Białowiec

doi:10.3389/fbioe.2023.1126737

Biological treatment of biowaste as an innovative source of CO-The role of composting process

Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2023 Feb 9:11:1126737. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1126737. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Karolina Sobieraj¹, Sylwia Stegenta-Dąbrowska¹, Gang Luo^{2

3

4}, Jacek A Koziel^{5

6}, Andrzej Białowiec^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Applied Bioeconomy, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland.
² Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
³ Shanghai Technical Service Platform for Pollution Control and Resource Utilization of Organic Wastes, Shanghai, China.
⁴ Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai, China.
⁵ USDA-ARS Conservation and Production Research Laboratory, Bushland, TX, United States.
⁶ Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States.

Abstract

Carbon monoxide (CO) is an essential "building block" for producing everyday chemicals on industrial scale. Carbon monoxide can also be generated though a lesser-known and sometimes forgotten biorenewable pathways that could be explored to advance biobased production from large and more sustainable sources such as bio-waste treatment. Organic matter decomposition can generate carbon monoxide both under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. While anaerobic carbon monoxide generation is relatively well understood, the aerobic is not. Yet many industrial-scale bioprocesses involve both conditions. This review summarizes the necessary basic biochemistry knowledge needed for realization of initial steps towards biobased carbon monoxide production. We analyzed for the first time, the complex information about carbon monoxide production during aerobic, anaerobic bio-waste treatment and storage, carbon monoxide-metabolizing microorganisms, pathways, and enzymes with bibliometric analysis of trends. The future directions recognizing limitations of combined composting and carbon monoxide production have been discussed in greater detail.

Keywords: CODH; aerobic; anaerobic; bibliometric analysis; carbon monoxide; composting.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

Publication financed under the project “UPWR 2.0: International and interdisciplinary programme of development of Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences,” co-financed by the European Social Fund under the Operational Program Knowledge Education Development, under contract No. POWR.03.05.00-00-Z062/18 of 4 June 2019.