Methods
This reviewwas designed to summarize recent progresses in the
PHAs production field using plant oils. Papers from numerous scientific
journals, commercial websites were selected and reviewed.
The literature search was carried out using the most important and
available databases, such as Scopus and PubMed. Firstly, specific
keywords were selected: polyhydroxyalkanoates, waste plant oils,
biopolymers, food waste, byproducts food industry, agricultural
feedstock. Then, the abstracts were examined and selected based
on the criteria that were chosen to determine the publications
related to the objective of this paper. In particular, the authors
identified studies: (1) dealing with PHAs production during bacterial
cultivations on pure and spent form of plant oils; (2)
providing fermentations strategies together with the description of
crucial technological parameters; (3) focusing on material properties
of PHAs from oils; (4) addressing future prospects of introducing
biopolymers into global market.