Effect of cellulosic sugar degradation products (furfural and hydroxymethyl furfural) on acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE) fermentation using Clostridium beijerinckii P260

2012 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 533-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Qureshi ◽  
M.J. Bowman ◽  
B.C. Saha ◽  
R. Hector ◽  
M.A. Berhow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Degradation Products ◽  
Clostridium Beijerinckii ◽  
Abe Fermentation ◽  
Hydroxymethyl Furfural ◽  
Sugar Degradation ◽  
Acetone Butanol Ethanol

scholarly journals Milling byproducts are an economically viable substrate for butanol production using clostridial ABE fermentation

2020 ◽  
Vol 104 (20) ◽  
pp. 8679-8689
Author(s):  
Nils Thieme ◽  
Johanna C. Panitz ◽  
Claudia Held ◽  
Birgit Lewandowski ◽  
Wolfgang H. Schwarz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clostridium Beijerinckii ◽  
Abe Fermentation ◽  
Liquid Fuels ◽  
Butanol Production ◽  
Enzymatic Pretreatment ◽  
Profitability Analysis ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Wheat Middlings ◽  
Acetone Butanol Ethanol

Abstract Butanol is a platform chemical that is utilized in a wide range of industrial products and is considered a suitable replacement or additive to liquid fuels. So far, it is mainly produced through petrochemical routes. Alternative production routes, for example through biorefinery, are under investigation but are currently not at a market competitive level. Possible alternatives, such as acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation by solventogenic clostridia are not market-ready to this day either, because of their low butanol titer and the high costs of feedstocks. Here, we analyzed wheat middlings and wheat red dog, two wheat milling byproducts available in large quantities, as substrates for clostridial ABE fermentation. We could identify ten strains that exhibited good butanol yields on wheat red dog. Two of the best ABE producing strains, Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 and Clostridium diolis DSM 15410, were used to optimize a laboratory-scale fermentation process. In addition, enzymatic pretreatment of both milling byproducts significantly enhanced ABE production rates of the strains C. beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 and C. diolis DSM 15410. Finally, a profitability analysis was performed for small- to mid-scale ABE fermentation plants that utilize enzymatically pretreated wheat red dog as substrate. The estimations show that such a plant could be commercially successful. Key points • Wheat milling byproducts are suitable substrates for clostridial ABE fermentation. • Enzymatic pretreatment of wheat red dog and middlings increases ABE yield. • ABE fermentation plants using wheat red dog as substrate are economically viable.

Butanol production from the effluent of hydrogen fermentation

2011 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
pp. 1236-1240 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. H. Chen ◽  
S. Y. Chen ◽  
S. J. Chao ◽  
Z. C. Jian
Keyword(s):  
Consumption Rate ◽  
Clostridium Beijerinckii ◽  
Abe Fermentation ◽  
Acetate Buffer ◽  
Microbial Populations ◽  
Butanol Production ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Carbohydrate Consumption ◽  
Acetone Butanol Ethanol ◽  
Acetate Butyrate

The purpose of the study was to recover butanol from the effluent of the hydrogen-producing bioreactor containing acetate, butyrate, and carbohydrate. The butanol production by Clostridium beijerinckii NRRL B592 was evaluated under both unsterilized and sterilized conditions for examining the potential of butanol production for the practical application. Sucrose of 10 g/L and butyrate of 2 g/L coupled with acetate buffer were used to mimic the effluent. Sucrose was completely consumed in the both unsterilized and sterilized conditions during acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation. However, the results illustrate that the carbohydrate consumption rate in the unsterilized condition was higher than that in the sterilized condition. The maximum butanol concentrations of 3,500 and 3,750 mg/L were achieved in the sterilized and unsterilized conditions, respectively. Meanwhile, it was found that the acetate and the butyrate concentrations of 600 and 1,500 mg/L, and 300 and 1,000 mg/L were ingested to yield butanol in the sterilized condition and in the unsterilized condition, respectively. The results concluded that high levels of acetate and butyrate could eliminate the interference of other microbial populations, resulting in the enrichment of C. beijerinckii NRRL B592 in the fermentor. The butanol production by C. beijerinckii NRRL B592 could be, therefore, produced from the effluent of the hydrogen-producing bioreactor. It promised that the microbial butanol production is one of attractive bioprocesses to recover energy from wastes.

scholarly journals Cofactor Dependence in Furan Reduction by Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Fermentation of Acid-Hydrolyzed Lignocellulose

2005 ◽  
Vol 71 (12) ◽  
pp. 7866-7871 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anneli Nilsson ◽  
Marie F. Gorwa-Grauslund ◽  
Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal ◽  
Gunnar Lidén
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Degradation Products ◽  
Fed Batch ◽  
Fermentation Rate ◽  
Tolerant Strain ◽  
Acid Hydrolysate ◽  
Hydroxymethyl Furfural ◽  
Cell Extracts ◽  
Sugar Degradation

ABSTRACT A decreased fermentation rate due to inhibition is a significant problem for economic conversion of acid-pretreated lignocellulose hydrolysates to ethanol, since the inhibition gives rise to a requirement for separate detoxification steps. Together with acetic acid, the sugar degradation products furfural and 5-hydroxymethyl furfural are the inhibiting compounds found at the highest concentrations in hydrolysates. These aldehydes have been shown to affect both the specific growth rate and the rate of fermentation by yeast. Two strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with different abilities to ferment inhibiting hydrolysates were evaluated in fermentations of a dilute acid hydrolysate from spruce, and the reducing activities for furfural and 5-hydroxymethyl furfural were determined. Crude cell extracts of a hydrolysate-tolerant strain (TMB3000) converted both furfural and 5-hydroxymethyl furfural to the corresponding alcohol at a rate that was severalfold higher than the rate observed for cell extracts of a less tolerant strain (CBS 8066), thereby confirming that there is a correlation between the fermentation rate in a lignocellulosic hydrolysate and the bioconversion capacity of a strain. The in vitro NADH-dependent furfural reduction capacity of TMB3000 was three times higher than that of CBS 8066 (1,200 mU/mg protein and 370 mU/mg protein, respectively) in fed-batch experiments. Furthermore, the inhibitor-tolerant strain TMB3000 displayed a previously unknown NADH-dependent reducing activity for 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (400 mU/mg protein during fed-batch fermentation of hydrolysates). No corresponding activity was found in strain CBS 8066 (<2 mU/mg). The ability to reduce 5-hydroxymethyl furfural is an important characteristic for the development of yeast strains with increased tolerance to lignocellulosic hydrolysates.

Total mass balances of SO2-ethanol-water (SEW) fractionation of forest biomass

Holzforschung ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Minna Yamamoto ◽  
Mikhail Iakovlev ◽  
Adriaan van Heiningen
Keyword(s):  
Total Mass ◽  
Degradation Products ◽  
Forest Biomass ◽  
Mixed Forest ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Mass Balances ◽  
Fractionation Procedure ◽  
Sugar Degradation ◽  
Recycled Fibers ◽  
Acetone Butanol Ethanol

AbstractThe overall target of this project, called Bioforest, is to develop an economic process for the production of commodity chemicals from mixed forest biomass, consisting of logging residues of hardwoods (HW) and softwoods (SW) and also from recycled fibers. The aim is to dissolve the biomass lignin and to produce monosugars based on hemicelluloses and hydrolyzed cellulose in high yield. The hydrolyzate could subsequently be converted into chemicals by modified acetone-butanol-ethanol fermentation. Here, the total mass balances of SO2-ethanol-water fractionation of different types of biomass feedstocks, such as SW and HW biomass, and deinked pulp are presented. Chemical composition of the feedstocks, solid residues (pulps) and spent liquors of fractionation were analyzed to gain more understanding about the fractionation procedure. The analysis was focused on carbohydrates, lignin, ash, acetyl groups and sugar degradation products. It was also examined if all feedstocks could be treated simultaneously in one digester because a larger feedstock supply within an economic transport radius improves the viability of the process. The fractionation approach was successful and it can be concluded that the method presented is very versatile for future applications in lignocellulosic biorefineries.

scholarly journals Use of Proteomic Analysis To Elucidate the Role of Calcium in Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol Fermentation by Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052

2012 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 282-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bei Han ◽  
Victor Ujor ◽  
Lien B. Lai ◽  
Venkat Gopalan ◽  
Thaddeus Chukwuemeka Ezeji
Keyword(s):  
Stress Responses ◽  
Sugar Transport ◽  
Clostridium Beijerinckii ◽  
Abe Fermentation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Butanol Tolerance ◽  
Sugar Transporters ◽  
Shock Proteins ◽  
Acetone Butanol Ethanol

ABSTRACTCalcium carbonate increases growth, substrate utilization, and acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation byClostridium beijerinckiiNCIMB 8052. Toward an understanding of the basis for these pleiotropic effects, we profiled changes in theC. beijerinckiiNCIMB 8052 proteome that occur in response to the addition of CaCO3. We observed increases in the levels of different heat shock proteins (GrpE and DnaK), sugar transporters, and proteins involved in DNA synthesis, repair, recombination, and replication. We also noted significant decreases in the levels of proteins involved in metabolism, nucleic acid stabilization, sporulation, oxidative and antibiotic stress responses, and signal transduction. We determined that CaCO3enhances ABE fermentation due to both its buffering effects and its ability to influence key cellular processes, such as sugar transport, butanol tolerance, and solventogenesis. Moreover, activity assaysin vitrofor select solventogenic enzymes revealed that part of the underpinning for the CaCO3-mediated increase in the level of ABE fermentation stems from the enhanced activity of these catalysts in the presence of Ca2+. Collectively, these proteomic and biochemical studies provide new insights into the multifactorial basis for the stimulation of ABE fermentation and butanol tolerance in the presence of CaCO3.

scholarly journals Biodegradation of 5-(Hydroxymethyl)-furfural and Furan Derivatives

Proceedings ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (20) ◽  
pp. 1283 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Isabel Igeño ◽  
Rubén Sánchez-Clemente ◽  
Ana G. Población ◽  
M. Isabel Guijo ◽  
Faustino Merchán ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Furan Ring ◽  
Degradation Products ◽  
Chemical Compounds ◽  
Aldehyde Group ◽  
Bacterial Strains ◽  
Fermentation Inhibitors ◽  
Furan Derivatives ◽  
Hydroxymethyl Furfural ◽  
Common Thread ◽  
Lignocellulose Hydrolysates

Furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) are degradation products of lignocellulose during pretreatment operations. Furfural compounds are a group of chemical compounds whose common thread is an aldehyde group attached to a furan ring, and they constitute a problem for the development of second-generation biofuels because they act as fermentation inhibitors of the lignocellulose hydrolysates. Up to date, very few bacteria have been described to be able to eliminate them. The objective of this work was to isolate and characterize bacterial strains able to use, as the sole carbon source, 5-(hydroxymethyl)-furfural (HMF) and furan derivatives.

Investigation of acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation by fluorescence

1994 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
F. Baut ◽  
M. Fick ◽  
M. L. Viriot ◽  
J. C. André ◽  
M. Donner
Keyword(s):  
Abe Fermentation ◽  
Acetone Butanol Ethanol
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