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Lanzillo F, Pisacane S, Capilla M, Raganati F, Russo ME, Salatino P, Marzocchella A. Continuous H-B-E fermentation by Clostridium carboxidivorans: CO vs syngas. N Biotechnol 2024; 81:1-9. [PMID: 38401749 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2024.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Revised: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/26/2024]
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Leveraging renewable carbon-based resources for energy and chemical production is a promising approach to decrease reliance on fossil fuels. This entails a thermo/biotechnological procedure wherein bacteria, notably Clostridia, ferment syngas, converting CO or CO2 + H2 into Hexanol, Butanol and Ethanol (H-B-E fermentation). This work reports of Clostridium carboxidivorans performance in a stirred tank reactor continuously operated with respect to the gas and the cell/liquid phases. The primary objective was to assess acid and solvent production at pH 5.6 by feeding pure CO or synthetic syngas under gas flow differential conditions. Fermentation tests were conducted at four different dilution rates (DL) of the fresh medium in the range 0.034-0.25 h-1. The fermentation pathways of C. carboxidivorans were found to be nearly identical for both CO and syngas, with consistent growth and metabolite production at pH 5.6 within a range of dilution rates. Wash-out conditions were observed at a DL of 0.25 h-1 regardless of the carbon source. Ethanol was the predominant solvent produced, but a shift towards butanol production was observed with CO as the substrate and towards hexanol production with synthetic syngas. In particular, the maximum cell concentration (0.5 gDM/L) was obtained with pure CO at DL 0.05 h-1; the highest solvent productivity (60 mg/L*h of total solvent) was obtained at DL 0.17 h-1 by using synthetic syngas as C-source. The findings highlight the importance of substrate composition and operating conditions in syngas fermentation processes. These insights contribute to the optimization of syngas fermentation processes for biofuel and chemical production.
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- F Lanzillo
- Department of Chemical, Materials and Production Engineering-Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, P.le V. Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Materials and Production Engineering-Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, P.le V. Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Valencia, Burjassot 46100, Spain
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- Department of Chemical, Materials and Production Engineering-Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, P.le V. Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy.
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie per l'Energia e la Mobilità Sostenibili - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, P.le V. Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Materials and Production Engineering-Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, P.le V. Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Materials and Production Engineering-Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, P.le V. Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy
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Velázquez-Sánchez HI, Aguilar-López R. Multi-Objective Optimization of an ABE Fermentation System for Butanol Production as Biofuel. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL REACTOR ENGINEERING 2019. [DOI: 10.1515/ijcre-2018-0214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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In this work, a previously reported unstructured kinetic model of Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824, validated with experimental data under different culture conditions, was used to determine the optimal process conditions from an ABE fermentation system for biofuel production. The goal of this work was to simultaneously maximize two conflicting objectives: volumetric productivity and final concentration of butanol considering both Fed-Batch and single-stage CSTR operation regimes using either a free or immobilized cell reactor. The result of the after mentioned strategy was the construction of the Pareto Fronts and optimal trajectories for the inlet solution feeding rate and concentration using a Sequential Quadratic Programming methodology.
The obtained results suggest that the maximum concentration and productivity of butanol are achieved in a semi-continuous system operating with immobilized cells, obtaining values of 19.1454 kg m-3 and 0.3655 kg m-3 h-1, respectively, representing an increase of 48 % and 104 % compared to the most recent industrial process reported to date.
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Wang J, Yang H, Qi G, Liu X, Gao X, Shen Y. Effect of lignocellulose-derived weak acids on butanol production byClostridium acetobutylicumunder different pH adjustment conditions. RSC Adv 2019; 9:1967-1975. [PMID: 35516100 PMCID: PMC9059770 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra08678h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2018] [Accepted: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The effects of formic acid, acetic acid and levulinic acid on acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE) fermentation under different pH adjustment conditions were investigated using Clostridium acetobutylicum as the fermentation strain. CaCO3 supplementation can alleviate the inhibitory effect of formic acid on ABE production. The ABE titers from the medium containing 0.5 g L−1 formic acid with pH adjusted by CaCO3 and KOH were 11.08 g L−1 and 1.04 g L−1, which reached 64.8% and 6.3% of the control group, respectively. Compared with CaCO3 pH adjustment, fermentation results with higher ABE titers and yields were obtained from the medium containing acetic acid or levulinic acid, when the pH was adjusted by KOH. When formic acid, acetic acid, and levulinic acid co-existed in the medium, better fermentation result was achieved by adjusting the pH by CaCO3. Moreover, 12.50 g L−1 ABE was obtained from the medium containing 2.0 g L−1 acetic acid, 0.4 g L−1 formic acid, and 1.0 g L−1 levulinic acid as compared to 3.98 g L−1 ABE obtained from the same medium when the pH was adjusted by KOH. CaCO3 supplementation is a more favorable pH adjustment method for ABE medium preparation from lignocellulosic hydrolysate. The effects of formic acid, acetic acid and levulinic acid on acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE) fermentation under different pH adjustment conditions were investigated using Clostridium acetobutylicum as the fermentation strain.![]()
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- Jianhui Wang
- National Research Base of Intelligent Manufacturing Service
- Chongqing Technology and Business University
- Chongqing 400067
- China
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- College of Environment and Resources
- Chongqing Technology and Business University
- Chongqing 400067
- China
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- National Research Base of Intelligent Manufacturing Service
- Chongqing Technology and Business University
- Chongqing 400067
- China
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- College of Environment and Resources
- Chongqing Technology and Business University
- Chongqing 400067
- China
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- National Research Base of Intelligent Manufacturing Service
- Chongqing Technology and Business University
- Chongqing 400067
- China
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- National Research Base of Intelligent Manufacturing Service
- Chongqing Technology and Business University
- Chongqing 400067
- China
- College of Environment and Resources
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Servinsky MD, Renberg RL, Perisin MA, Gerlach ES, Liu S, Sund CJ. Arabinose-Induced Catabolite Repression as a Mechanism for Pentose Hierarchy Control in Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824. mSystems 2018; 3:e00064-18. [PMID: 30374459 PMCID: PMC6199471 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00064-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Accepted: 09/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates from sustainable lignocellulosic biomass into commodity chemicals by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium acetobutylicum is a promising alternative source to fossil fuel-derived chemicals. Recently, it was demonstrated that xylose is not appreciably fermented in the presence of arabinose, revealing a hierarchy of pentose utilization in this organism (L. Aristilde, I. A. Lewis, J. O. Park, and J. D. Rabinowitz, Appl Environ Microbiol 81:1452-1462, 2015, https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.03199-14). The goal of the current study is to characterize the transcriptional regulation that occurs and perhaps drives this pentose hierarchy. Carbohydrate consumption rates showed that arabinose, like glucose, actively represses xylose utilization in cultures fermenting xylose. Further, arabinose addition to xylose cultures led to increased acetate-to-butyrate ratios, which indicated a transition of pentose catabolism from the pentose phosphate pathway to the phosphoketolase pathway. Transcriptome sequencing (RNA-Seq) confirmed that arabinose addition to cells actively growing on xylose resulted in increased phosphoketolase (CA_C1343) mRNA levels, providing additional evidence that arabinose induces this metabolic switch. A significant overlap in differentially regulated genes after addition of arabinose or glucose suggested a common regulation mechanism. A putative open reading frame (ORF) encoding a potential catabolite repression phosphocarrier histidine protein (Crh) was identified that likely participates in the observed transcriptional regulation. These results substantiate the claim that arabinose is utilized preferentially over xylose in C. acetobutylicum and suggest that arabinose can activate carbon catabolite repression via Crh. Furthermore, they provide valuable insights into potential mechanisms for altering pentose utilization to modulate fermentation products for chemical production. IMPORTANCE Clostridium acetobutylicum can ferment a wide variety of carbohydrates to the commodity chemicals acetone, butanol, and ethanol. Recent advances in genetic engineering have expanded the chemical production repertoire of C. acetobutylicum using synthetic biology. Due to its natural properties and genetic engineering potential, this organism is a promising candidate for converting biomass-derived feedstocks containing carbohydrate mixtures to commodity chemicals via natural or engineered pathways. Understanding how this organism regulates its metabolism during growth on carbohydrate mixtures is imperative to enable control of synthetic gene circuits in order to optimize chemical production. The work presented here unveils a novel mechanism via transcriptional regulation by a predicted Crh that controls the hierarchy of carbohydrate utilization and is essential for guiding robust genetic engineering strategies for chemical production.
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- U.S. Army Research Laboratory, RDRL-SEE-B, Adelphi, Maryland, USA
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Velázquez-Sánchez HI, Aguilar-López R. Novel kinetic model for the simulation analysis of the butanol productivity of Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 under different reactor configurations. Chin J Chem Eng 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2017.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Raganati F, Procentese A, Olivieri G, Russo ME, Salatino P, Marzocchella A. Bio-butanol separation by adsorption on various materials: Assessment of isotherms and effects of other ABE-fermentation compounds. Sep Purif Technol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2017.09.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Velázquez-Sánchez HI, Lara-Cisneros G, Femat R, Aguilar-López R. Dynamic Nonlinear Feedback Control Applied to Improve Butanol Production by Clostridium acetobutylicum. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL REACTOR ENGINEERING 2017. [DOI: 10.1515/ijcre-2017-0034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The goal of this work is to present a closed-loop operational strategy in order to improve the butanol production in an anaerobic continuous bioreactor for the called Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol (ABE) process. The proposed control scheme considers a class of feedback signal which includes a nonlinear bounded function of the regulation error. The control scheme is applied to a phenomenological unstructured kinetic model obtained from an experimental and metabolic study of butanol production by Clostridium acetobutylicum, which allows the proposed structure to predict several operational conditions from batch and continuous regimes. Numerical experiments using the proposed model considering continuous operation were performed in order to find a feasible operating region for maximum butanol production at open-loop regime. The proposed methodology is applied to regulate the product concentration, manipulating the dilution rate to lead to a higher butanol productivity. The closed-loop behaviour of the bioreactor is analysed, finding that the proposed controller minimizes the response time of the system and allows it to achieve a productivity gain of 55 % over open-loop operation. Further numerical experiments show the satisfactory closed-loop performance of the proposed methodology in comparison with a PI controller.
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Procentese A, Raganati F, Olivieri G, Russo ME, Salatino P, Marzocchella A. Continuous xylose fermentation by Clostridium acetobutylicum--Assessment of solventogenic kinetics. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2015; 192:142-148. [PMID: 26025352 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.05.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2015] [Revised: 05/12/2015] [Accepted: 05/13/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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This work deals with the specific butanol production rate of Clostridium acetobutylicum using xylose--a relevant fraction of lignocellulosic feedstock for biofuel production--as carbon source. The tests were carried out in a CSTR equipped with a microfiltration unit. The dilution rate (D) ranged between 0.02 and 0.22 h(-1) and the ratio R between the permeate stream rate and the stream fed to the reactor ranged between 14% and 88%. The biomass present in the broth was identified as a heterogeneous cell population consisting of: acidogenic cells, solventogenic cells and spores. The results were processed to assess the concentration of acidogenic cells, solventogenic cells and spores. The specific butanol production rate was also assessed. The max butanol productivity was 1.3 g L(-1) h(-1) at D = 0.17 h(-1) and R = 30%. A comparison between the results reported in a previous work carried out with lactose was made.
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- Alessandra Procentese
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, P.le V. Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, P.le V. Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, P.le V. Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy; Bioprocess Engineering - AlgaePARC, Wageningen University, PO Box 16, 6700AA Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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- Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, P.le V. Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, P.le V. Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, P.le V. Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy
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Raganati F, Olivieri G, Götz P, Marzocchella A, Salatino P. Butanol production from hexoses and pentoses by fermentation of Clostridium acetobutylicum. Anaerobe 2015; 34:146-55. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2015.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2015] [Revised: 05/04/2015] [Accepted: 05/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Characterization and kinetics of bio-butanol production with Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC824 using mixed sugar medium simulating microalgae-based carbohydrates. Biochem Eng J 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2014.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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