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We are delighted to announce that  “Achieving Discharge Limits in Single-Stage Domestic Wastewater Treatment by Combining Urban Waste Sources and Phototrophic Mixed Cultures” by Sandra Chacon-Aparicio, John Alexander Villamil, Fernando Martinez, Juan Antonio Melero, Raul Molina  and Daniel Puyol has been published in Microorganisms as part of the Special Issue Photosynthetic Microorganisms: Culturing and Biotechnological … Continue reading “Achieving Discharge Limits in Single-Stage Domestic Wastewater Treatment by Combining Urban Waste Sources and Phototrophic Mixed Cultures”

  The 7th DEEP PURPLE publication was received on 26 January 2022, revised on 29 June 2022, accepted on 2 August 2022, and published in the Elsevier Journal “Journal of Cleaner Production” Volume 369 on 1 October 2022. The author team (see below in cite and share) is from the Institute of Sustainable Processes, University of Valladolid, Department … Continue reading “Ectoine production from biogas: A sensitivity analysis. Effect of local commodity prices, economy of scale, market trends and biotechnological limitations.”

The influence of operational conditions on CH4-biogas biodegradation and on ectoines production yields was assessed in continuous pilot bubble column bioreactors.

A techno-economic and sensitivity assessment of biogas valorization into ectoine, the highest added-value bioproduct produced with methanotrophic bacteria. The 5th DEEP PURPLE Publication was received 5 October 2021, revised 9 December 2021 and published on 15 December 2021 in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2021 Dec 27; 9(51): 17371–17380. The author team (see below in … Continue reading “Ectoine Production from Biogas in Waste Treatment Facilities: A Techno-Economic and Sensitivity Analysis”

The 4th DEEP PURPLE Publication was received 29 January 2021, revised 6 July 2021, accepted 31 July 2021, and made available online 5 August 2021 in the ELSEVIER Journal of Environmental Management. The author team (See below in cite and share) is from the Institute of Sustainable Processes, University of Valladolid, Dr. Mergelina s/n., Valladolid, … Continue reading “Elucidating the key environmental parameters during the production of ectoines from biogas by mixed methanotrophic consortia”

In February 2021 the third DEEP PURPLE publication “Up-scale challenges on biopolymer production from waste streams by Purple Phototrophic Bacteria mixed cultures: A critical review” was published in the Elsevier Journal “Bioresource Technology” Volume 327. Received 27 November 2020, Revised 29 January 2021, Accepted 30 January 2021, Available online 5 February 2021. Abstract: The increasing … Continue reading “Up-scale challenges on biopolymer production from waste streams by Purple Phototrophic Bacteria mixed cultures: A critical review”

The Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC) group has just published the open-access paper “Alkalinity, and Not the Oxidation State of the Organic Substrate, Is the Key Factor in Domestic Wastewater Treatment by Mixed Cultures of Purple Phototrophic Bacteria” with interesting results on  optimization of domestic wastewater treatment using PPB (Purple Phototrophic Bacteria) in the Special … Continue reading “Alkalinity as key factor in domestic wastewater treatment by mixed cultures of purple phototrophic bacteria”

First DEEP PURPLE Publication As the first official DEEP PURPLE publication, Luis D. Allegue, Daniel Puyol and Juan Antonio Melero Novel, from the Group of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, published “Novel approach for the treatment of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste: Coupling thermal hydrolysis with anaerobic digestion and photo-fermentation” … Continue reading “Coupling thermal hydrolysis with anaerobic digestion and photo-fermentation”