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Saravanan P, Rajeswari S, Divyabaskaran, López-Maldonado EA, Rajeshkannan R, Viswanathan S. Recent developments on sustainable biobutanol production: a novel integrative review. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:46858-46876. [PMID: 38981967 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-34230-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2024] [Indexed: 07/11/2024]
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Renewable and sustainable biofuel production, such as biobutanol, is becoming increasingly popular as a substitute for non-renewable and depleted petrol fuel. Many researchers have studied how to produce butanol cheaply by considering appropriate feedstock materials and bioprocess technologies. The production of biobutanol through acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) is highly sought after around the world because of its sustainable supply and lack of competition with food. The purpose of this study is to present the current biobutanol production research and to analyse the biobutanol research conducted during 2006 to 2023. The keyword used in this study is "Biobutanol," and the relevant data was extracted from the Web of Science database (WoS). According to the results, institutions and scholars from the People's Republic of China, the USA, and India have the highest number of cited papers across a broad spectrum of topics including acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation, biobutanol, various pretreatment techniques, and pervaporation. The success of biobutanol fermentation from biomass depends on the ability of the fermentation operation to match the microbial behaviour along with the appropriate bioprocessing strategies to improve the entire process to be suitable for industrial scale. Based on the review data, we will look at the biobutanol technologies and appropriate strategies that have been developed to improve biobutanol production from renewable biomass.
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- Panchamoorthy Saravanan
- Department of Petrochemical Technology, Anna University, UCE-BIT Campus, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department in the Library, Anna University, Tamil Nadu, UCE-BIT Campus, Tiruchirappalli, 620024, India
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- Department of Biomaterials, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, 600077, India
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Chonnam National University, Yeosu, 59626, South Korea
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- Faculty of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Autonomous University of Baja California, 22424, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, 608001, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, 608001, Tamil Nadu, India
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El-Sheekh MM, El-Nagar AA, ElKelawy M, Bastawissi HAE. Solubility and stability enhancement of ethanol in diesel fuel by using tri-n-butyl phosphate as a new surfactant for CI engine. Sci Rep 2023; 13:17954. [PMID: 37863955 PMCID: PMC10589253 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-45252-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023] Open
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Nowadays, researchers are very interested in improving the stability and solubility of blending diesel fuel with a high percentage of ethanol. As a result, the goal of this paper was to find a way to use the surfactant of Tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP) substance to blend ethanol with diesel fuel to a level of 40%. Diesel fuel is mixed with ethanol in volumetric proportions of 10%, 20%, 30%, and 40%, as well as a tiny amount of TBP from 1 to 4%. The prepared blends were the subject of an experiment evaluation by fueling a direct injection diesel engine. This engine is a water-cooled, commercial diesel engine, single cylinder, and four-stroke with 12 kW maximum power. The four blends were evaluated as clean fuel mixtures of 10% ethanol/90% diesel/1% TBP, 20% ethanol/80% diesel/2% TBP, 30% ethanol/70% diesel/3% TBP, and 40% ethanol/60% diesel/4% TBP. As the starting fuel, we used 100% diesel to compare the results. The engine's output and emissions have been measured at various engine loads and constant speeds of 1500 rpm. According to the data gathered, even when the percentage of ethanol was increased to 40%, neither the base fuel nor the engine BTE changed significantly. The engine exhaust gas temperature was found to decrease slightly when the proportion of ethanol was increased. When bioethanol is increased to 40% of the base volume, it causes an increase in the combustion of unburned hydrocarbons and CO emissions. However, when the percentage of ethanol was increased from 100% diesel to the base fuel to 40%, CO2 emissions decreased, and O2 emissions slightly increased.
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- Mostafa M El-Sheekh
- Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, 31527, Egypt.
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- Microbial Biotechnology Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute, University of Sadat City, Sadat City, Egypt
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- Mechanical Power Engineering Departments, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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In the last decade, there was observed a growing demand for both n-butanol as a potential fuel or fuel additive, and propylene as the only raw material for production of alcohol and other more bulky propylene chemical derivatives with faster growing outputs (polymers, propylene oxide, and acrylic acid). The predictable oilfield depletion and the European Green Deal adoption stimulated interest in alternative processes for n-butanol production, especially those involving bio-based materials. Their commercialization will promote additional market penetration of n-butanol for its application as a basic chemical. We analyze briefly the current status of two most advanced bio-based processes, i.e. ethanol–to-n-butanol and acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE) fermentation. In the second part of the review, studies of n-butanol and ABE conversion to valuable products are considered with an emphasis on the most perspective catalytic systems and variants of the future processes realization.
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- Larisa Pinaeva
- Department of Technology of Catalytic Processes, Boreskov Institute of Catalysis , Novosibirsk 630090 , Russia
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- Department of Technology of Catalytic Processes, Boreskov Institute of Catalysis , Novosibirsk 630090 , Russia
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Kinetics of ABE fermentation considering the different phenotypes present in a batch culture of Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB-8052. ELECTRON J BIOTECHN 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejbt.2021.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Seo SO, Lu T, Jin YS, Blaschek HP. A comparative phenotypic and genomic analysis of Clostridium beijerinckii mutant with enhanced solvent production. J Biotechnol 2021; 329:49-55. [PMID: 33556425 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2021.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Revised: 01/24/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation by solventogenic clostridia has a long history of industrial butanol production. The Clostridium beijerinckii mutant BA101 has been widely studied for ABE fermentation owing to its enhanced butanol production capacity. Here, we characterized the BA101 mutant under controlled environmental conditions in parallel with the parental strain C. beijerinckii NCIMB 8052. To investigate the correlation between phenotype and genotype, we carried out the genome sequencing of BA101. Through comparative genomic analysis, several mutations in the genes encoding transcriptional regulator, sensor kinase, and phosphatase were identified in the BA101 genome as well as other sibling mutants. Among them, the SNP in the Cbei_3078 gene encoding PAS/PAC sensor hybrid histidine kinase was unique to the BA101 strain. The identified mutations relevant to the observed physiological behaviors of BA101 could be potential genetic targets for rational engineering of solventogenic clostridia toward desired phenotypes.
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- Seung-Oh Seo
- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Department of Food Science and Nutrition, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, 14662, Republic of Korea
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- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Department of Bioengineering and Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
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- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
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Shin YA, Choi S, Han M. Simultaneous Fermentation of Mixed Sugar by a Newly Isolated Clostridium beijerinckii GSC1. BIOTECHNOL BIOPROC E 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s12257-020-0183-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Li S, Huang L, Ke C, Pang Z, Liu L. Pathway dissection, regulation, engineering and application: lessons learned from biobutanol production by solventogenic clostridia. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2020; 13:39. [PMID: 32165923 PMCID: PMC7060580 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-020-01674-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The global energy crisis and limited supply of petroleum fuels have rekindled the interest in utilizing a sustainable biomass to produce biofuel. Butanol, an advanced biofuel, is a superior renewable resource as it has a high energy content and is less hygroscopic than other candidates. At present, the biobutanol route, employing acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation in Clostridium species, is not economically competitive due to the high cost of feedstocks, low butanol titer, and product inhibition. Based on an analysis of the physiological characteristics of solventogenic clostridia, current advances that enhance ABE fermentation from strain improvement to product separation were systematically reviewed, focusing on: (1) elucidating the metabolic pathway and regulation mechanism of butanol synthesis; (2) enhancing cellular performance and robustness through metabolic engineering, and (3) optimizing the process of ABE fermentation. Finally, perspectives on engineering and exploiting clostridia as cell factories to efficiently produce various chemicals and materials are also discussed.
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- Shubo Li
- College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004 China
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- College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004 China
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- College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004 China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122 China
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Birgen C, Dürre P, Preisig HA, Wentzel A. Butanol production from lignocellulosic biomass: revisiting fermentation performance indicators with exploratory data analysis. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2019; 12:167. [PMID: 31297155 PMCID: PMC6598312 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-019-1508-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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After just more than 100 years of history of industrial acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation, patented by Weizmann in the UK in 1915, butanol is again today considered a promising biofuel alternative based on several advantages compared to the more established biofuels ethanol and methanol. Large-scale fermentative production of butanol, however, still suffers from high substrate cost and low product titers and selectivity. There have been great advances the last decades to tackle these problems. However, understanding the fermentation process variables and their interconnectedness with a holistic view of the current scientific state-of-the-art is lacking to a great extent. To illustrate the benefits of such a comprehensive approach, we have developed a dataset by collecting data from 175 fermentations of lignocellulosic biomass and mixed sugars to produce butanol that reported during the past three decades of scientific literature and performed an exploratory data analysis to map current trends and bottlenecks. This review presents the results of this exploratory data analysis as well as main features of fermentative butanol production from lignocellulosic biomass with a focus on performance indicators as a useful tool to guide further research and development in the field towards more profitable butanol manufacturing for biofuel applications in the future.
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- Cansu Birgen
- Department of Chemical Engineering, NTNU, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Ulm University, 89069 Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, NTNU, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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Benali M, Ajao O, El Mehdi N, Restrepo AM, Fradj N, Boumghar Y. Acetone–Butanol–Ethanol Production from Eastern Canadian Yellow Birch and Screening of Isopropanol–Butanol–Ethanol-Producing Strains. Ind Biotechnol (New Rochelle N Y) 2019. [DOI: 10.1089/ind.2019.0002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Marzouk Benali
- Natural Resources Canada, CanmetENERGY, Varennes, Canada
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- Natural Resources Canada, CanmetENERGY, Varennes, Canada
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- Natural Resources Canada, CanmetENERGY, Varennes, Canada
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- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, Trois-Rivières, Canada
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- Centre d'études des procédés chimiques du Québec, Montréal, Canada
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Butyrate-based n-butanol production from an engineered Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2018; 41:1195-1204. [PMID: 29737409 DOI: 10.1007/s00449-018-1948-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2018] [Accepted: 04/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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n-Butanol is considered as the next-generation biofuel, because its physiochemical properties are very similar to fossil fuels and it could be produced by Clostridia under anaerobic culture. Due to the difficulties of strict anaerobic culture, a host which can be used with facultative environment was being searched for n-butanol production. As an alternative, Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, which is known as facultative bacteria, was selected as a host and studied. A plasmid containing adhE2 encoding alcohol dehydrogenase, various CoA transferases (ctfAB, atoAD, pct, and ACT), and acs encoding acetyl-CoA synthetase were introduced and examined to S. oneidensis MR-1 to produce n-butanol. As a result, ctfAB, acs, and adhE2 overexpression in S. oneidensis-pJM102 showed the highest n-butanol production in the presence of 2% of N-acetylglucosamine (NAG), 0.3% of butyrate, and 0.1 mM of IPTG for 96 h under microaerobic condition. When more NAG and butyrate were fed, n-butanol production was enhanced, producing up to 160 mg/L of n-butanol. When metal ions or extra electrons were added to S. oneidensis-pJM102 for n-butanol production, metal ion as electron acceptor or supply of extra electron showed no significant effect on n-butanol production. Overall, we made a newly engineered S. oneidensis that could utilize NAG and butyrate to produce n-butanol. It could be used in further microaerobic condition and electricity supply studies.
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Kushwaha D, Srivastava N, Mishra I, Upadhyay SN, Mishra PK. Recent trends in biobutanol production. REV CHEM ENG 2018. [DOI: 10.1515/revce-2017-0041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Finite availability of conventional fossil carbonaceous fuels coupled with increasing pollution due to their overexploitation has necessitated the quest for renewable fuels. Consequently, biomass-derived fuels are gaining importance due to their economic viability and environment-friendly nature. Among various liquid biofuels, biobutanol is being considered as a suitable and sustainable alternative to gasoline. This paper reviews the present state of the preprocessing of the feedstock, biobutanol production through fermentation and separation processes. Low butanol yield and its toxicity are the major bottlenecks. The use of metabolic engineering and integrated fermentation and product recovery techniques has the potential to overcome these challenges. The application of different nanocatalysts to overcome the existing challenges in the biobutanol field is gaining much interest. For the sustainable production of biobutanol, algae, a third-generation feedstock has also been evaluated.
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- Deepika Kushwaha
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) , Varanasi 221005 , India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) , Varanasi 221005 , India
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- Green Brick Eco Solutions, Okha Industrial Area , New Delhi 110020 , India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) , Varanasi 221005 , India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) , Varanasi 221005 , India
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Li T, Zhang C, Yang KL, He J. Unique genetic cassettes in a Thermoanaerobacterium contribute to simultaneous conversion of cellulose and monosugars into butanol. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2018; 4:e1701475. [PMID: 29740597 PMCID: PMC5938282 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2017] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The demand for cellulosic biofuels is on the rise because of the anticipation for sustainable energy and less greenhouse gas emissions in the future. However, production of cellulosic biofuels, especially cellulosic butanol, has been hampered by the lack of potent microbes that are capable of converting cellulosic biomass into biofuels. We report a wild-type Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum strain TG57, which is capable of using microcrystalline cellulose directly to produce butanol (1.93 g/liter) as the only final product (without any acetone or ethanol produced), comparable to that of engineered microbes thus far. Strain TG57 exhibits significant advances including unique genes responsible for a new butyrate synthesis pathway, no carbon catabolite repression, and the absence of genes responsible for acetone synthesis (which is observed as the main by-product in most Clostridium strains known today). Furthermore, the use of glucose analog 2-deoxyglucose posed a selection pressure to facilitate isolation of strain TG57 with deletion/silencing of carbon catabolite repressor genes-the ccr and xylR genes-and thus is able to simultaneously ferment glucose, xylose, and arabinose to produce butanol (7.33 g/liter) as the sole solvent. Combined analysis of genomic and transcriptomic data revealed unusual aspects of genome organization, numerous determinants for unique bioconversions, regulation of central metabolic pathways, and distinct transcriptomic profiles. This study provides a genome-level understanding of how cellulose is metabolized by T. thermosaccharolyticum and sheds light on the potential of competitive and sustainable biofuel production.
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- Tinggang Li
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576
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Nanda S, Golemi-Kotra D, McDermott JC, Dalai AK, Gökalp I, Kozinski JA. Fermentative production of butanol: Perspectives on synthetic biology. N Biotechnol 2017; 37:210-221. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2017.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Revised: 02/20/2017] [Accepted: 02/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bilal M, Asgher M, Iqbal HMN, Hu H, Zhang X. Biotransformation of lignocellulosic materials into value-added products-A review. Int J Biol Macromol 2017; 98:447-458. [PMID: 28163129 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.01.133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Revised: 01/25/2017] [Accepted: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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In the past decade, with the key biotechnological advancements, lignocellulosic materials have gained a particular importance. In serious consideration of global economic, environmental and energy issues, research scientists have been re-directing their interests in (re)-valorizing naturally occurring lignocellulosic-based materials. In this context, lignin-modifying enzymes (LMEs) have gained considerable attention in numerous industrial and biotechnological processes. However, their lower catalytic efficiencies and operational stabilities limit their practical and multipurpose applications in various sectors. Therefore, to expand the range of natural industrial biocatalysts e.g. LMEs, significant progress related to the enzyme biotechnology has appeared. Owing to the abundant lignocellulose availability along with LMEs in combination with the scientific advances in the biotechnological era, solid-phase biocatalysts can be economically tailored on a large scale. This review article outlines first briefly on the lignocellulose materials as a potential source for biotransformation into value-added products including composites, fine chemicals, nutraceutical, delignification, and enzymes. Comprehensive information is also given on the purification and characterization of LMEs to present their potential for the industrial and biotechnological sector.
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- Muhammad Bilal
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
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- Industrial Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- School of Engineering and Science, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, Monterrey, N.L., CP 64849, Mexico.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Chen C, Long S, Li A, Xiao G, Wang L, Xiao Z. Performance comparison of ethanol and butanol production in a continuous and closed-circulating fermentation system with membrane bioreactor. Prep Biochem Biotechnol 2016; 47:254-260. [DOI: 10.1080/10826068.2016.1224242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Chunyan Chen
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, China
- State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Li T, He J. Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of hemicellulose to butanol by a non-sporulating Clostridium species. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 219:430-438. [PMID: 27513648 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.07.138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Revised: 07/29/2016] [Accepted: 07/30/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Production of lignocellulosic butanol has drawn increasing attention. However, currently few microorganisms can produce biofuels, particularly butanol, from lignocellulosic biomass via simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. Here we report discovery of a wild-type, mesophilic Clostridium sp. strain MF28 that ferments xylan to produce butanol (up to 3.2g/L) without the addition of saccharolytic enzymes and without any chemical pretreatments. Application of selective pressure from 2-deoxy-d-glucose facilitated isolation of strain MF28, which exhibits inactivation of genes (gid and ccp genes) responsible for carbon catabolite repression, thus allowing strain MF28 to simultaneously ferment a combination of glucose (30g/L), xylose (15g/L), and arabinose (15g/L) to produce 11.9g/L of butanol. Strain MF28 possesses several unique features: (i) non-sporulating, (ii) no acetone/ethanol, (iii) complete hemicellulose-binding enzymatic domain, and (iv) absence of carbon catabolite repression. These unique characteristics demonstrate the industrial potential of strain MF28 for cost-effective biofuel generation from lignocellulosic biomass.
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- Tinggang Li
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576, Singapore; Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576, Singapore.
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Loman AA, Ju LK. Soybean carbohydrate as fermentation feedstock for production of biofuels and value-added chemicals. Process Biochem 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2016.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Zhang S, Qu C, Huang X, Suo Y, Liao Z, Wang J. Enhanced isopropanol and n-butanol production by supplying exogenous acetic acid via co-culturing two clostridium strains from cassava bagasse hydrolysate. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 43:915-25. [DOI: 10.1007/s10295-016-1775-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2016] [Accepted: 04/11/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The focus of this study was to produce isopropanol and butanol (IB) from dilute sulfuric acid treated cassava bagasse hydrolysate (SACBH), and improve IB production by co-culturing Clostridium beijerinckii (C. beijerinckii) with Clostridium tyrobutyricum (C. tyrobutyricum) in an immobilized-cell fermentation system. Concentrated SACBH could be converted to solvents efficiently by immobilized pure culture of C. beijerinckii. Considerable solvent concentrations of 6.19 g/L isopropanol and 12.32 g/L butanol were obtained from batch fermentation, and the total solvent yield and volumetric productivity were 0.42 g/g and 0.30 g/L/h, respectively. Furthermore, the concentrations of isopropanol and butanol increased to 7.63 and 13.26 g/L, respectively, under the immobilized co-culture conditions when concentrated SACBH was used as the carbon source. The concentrations of isopropanol and butanol from the immobilized co-culture fermentation were, respectively, 42.62 and 25.45 % higher than the production resulting from pure culture fermentation. The total solvent yield and volumetric productivity increased to 0.51 g/g and 0.44 g/L/h when co-culture conditions were utilized. Our results indicated that SACBH could be used as an economically favorable carbon source or substrate for IB production using immobilized fermentation. Additionally, IB production could be significantly improved by co-culture immobilization, which provides extracellular acetic acid to C. beijerinckii from C. tyrobutyricum. This study provided a technically feasible and cost-efficient way for IB production using cassava bagasse, which may be suitable for industrial solvent production.
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- Shaozhi Zhang
- grid.79703.3a 0000000417643838 School of Bioscience and Bioengineering South China University of Technology 510006 Guangzhou China
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- grid.79703.3a 0000000417643838 School of Bioscience and Bioengineering South China University of Technology 510006 Guangzhou China
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- grid.79703.3a 0000000417643838 School of Bioscience and Bioengineering South China University of Technology 510006 Guangzhou China
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- grid.79703.3a 0000000417643838 School of Bioscience and Bioengineering South China University of Technology 510006 Guangzhou China
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- grid.79703.3a 0000000417643838 School of Bioscience and Bioengineering South China University of Technology 510006 Guangzhou China
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- grid.79703.3a 0000000417643838 School of Bioscience and Bioengineering South China University of Technology 510006 Guangzhou China
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Biobutanol—“A Renewable Green Alternative of Liquid Fuel” from Algae. GREEN FUELS TECHNOLOGY 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-30205-8_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Ghodke P, Ganesh A, Mahajani S. Stabilization of Fast Pyrolysis Oil Derived from Wood through Esterification. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL REACTOR ENGINEERING 2015. [DOI: 10.1515/ijcre-2014-0102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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In the present work, crude bio-oil obtained from vacuum pyrolysis of babul wood was stabilized by esterification with 1-butanol using the cation exchange resin, Amberlyst-15, as a solid acid catalyst. Ester formation reduces the pH, thereby increasing the shelf-life of the bio-oil. Since esterification is a reversible reaction, simultaneous separation of water during the course of the reaction helps to obtain high conversion. Azeotropic removal of water by reactive distillation was found to be effective in this work. Apart from reducing pH and improving shelf-life, this process also enabled water removal from crude bio-oil, and viscosity was reduced when the bio-oil was blended with alcohol. Amberlyst-15 was found to get deactivated after repeated use. Characterization of fresh and used catalyst by Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area measurement and thermal analysis showed that the deposition of carbonaceous material on the catalyst is responsible for its deactivation. The condensation and oligomerization reactions of unstable compounds (e.g. furfural and its derivatives) are suspected to be the main reasons underlying catalyst deactivation.
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Ndaba B, Chiyanzu I, Marx S. n-Butanol derived from biochemical and chemical routes: A review. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 8:1-9. [PMID: 28352567 PMCID: PMC4980751 DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2015.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Revised: 07/24/2015] [Accepted: 08/01/2015] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Traditionally, bio-butanol is produced with the ABE (Acetone Butanol Ethanol) process using Clostridium species to ferment sugars from biomass. However, the route is associated with some disadvantages such as low butanol yield and by-product formation (acetone and ethanol). On the other hand, butanol can be directly produced from ethanol through aldol condensation over metal oxides/ hydroxyapatite catalysts. This paper suggests that the chemical conversion route is more preferable than the ABE process, because the reaction proceeds more quickly compared to the fermentation route and fewer steps are required to get to the product.
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- B Ndaba
- Focus area: Energy system, School of Chemical and Minerals Engineering, North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Potchefstroom, South Africa
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- Focus area: Energy system, School of Chemical and Minerals Engineering, North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Potchefstroom, South Africa
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- Focus area: Energy system, School of Chemical and Minerals Engineering, North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Potchefstroom, South Africa
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Feasibility of acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE) fermentation from Amorphophallus konjac waste by Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824. Process Biochem 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2015.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Yang M, Kuittinen S, Zhang J, Vepsäläinen J, Keinänen M, Pappinen A. Co-fermentation of hemicellulose and starch from barley straw and grain for efficient pentoses utilization in acetone-butanol-ethanol production. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2015; 179:128-135. [PMID: 25536510 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2014] [Revised: 12/01/2014] [Accepted: 12/03/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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This study aims to efficiently use hemicellulose-based biomass for ABE (acetone-butanol-ethanol) production by co-fermentation with starch-based biomass. Two processes were investigated: (I) co-fermentation of sugars derived from hemicellulose and starch in a mixture of barley straw and grain that was pretreated with dilute acid; (II) co-fermentation of straw hemicellulosic hydrolysate and gelatinized grain slurry in which the straw was pretreated with dilute acid. The two processes produced 11.3 and 13.5 g/L ABE that contains 7.4 and 7.8 g/L butanol, respectively. In process I, pretreatment with 1.0% H2SO4 resulted in better ABE fermentability than with 1.5% H2SO4, but only 19% of pentoses were consumed. In process II, 95% of pentoses were utilized even in the hemicellulosic hydrolysate pretreated with more severe condition (1.5% H2SO4). The results suggest that process II is more favorable for hemicellulosic biomass utilization, and it is also attractive for sustainable biofuel production due to great biomass availability.
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- Ming Yang
- School of Forest Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 111, FI80101 Joensuu, Finland.
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- School of Forest Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 111, FI80101 Joensuu, Finland
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, 3 Taicheng Road, 712100 Yangling, China
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, FI70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Biology, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 111, FI80101 Joensuu, Finland
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- School of Forest Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 111, FI80101 Joensuu, Finland
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Yusoff MNAM, Zulkifli NWM, Masum BM, Masjuki HH. Feasibility of bioethanol and biobutanol as transportation fuel in spark-ignition engine: a review. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra12735a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Bio-alcohols (bioethanol and biobutanol) which are produced from natural materials have emerged as promising transportation fuels because of their sustainability and environmental benefits which can reduce the dependency on crude oil reserves.
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- M. N. A. M. Yusoff
- Centre for Energy Sciences
- Faculty of Engineering
- University of Malaya
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Centre for Energy Sciences
- Faculty of Engineering
- University of Malaya
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Centre for Energy Sciences
- Faculty of Engineering
- University of Malaya
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Centre for Energy Sciences
- Faculty of Engineering
- University of Malaya
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Isikgor FH, Becer CR. Lignocellulosic biomass: a sustainable platform for the production of bio-based chemicals and polymers. Polym Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5py00263j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1492] [Impact Index Per Article: 165.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The ongoing research activities in the field of lignocellulosic biomass for production of value-added chemicals and polymers that can be utilized to replace petroleum-based materials are reviewed.
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- School of Engineering and Materials Science
- Queen Mary University of London
- E1 4NS London
- UK
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Yao W, Nokes SE. First proof of concept of sustainable metabolite production from high solids fermentation of lignocellulosic biomass using a bacterial co-culture and cycling flush system. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2014; 173:216-223. [PMID: 25305651 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.08.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2014] [Revised: 08/23/2014] [Accepted: 08/25/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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To improve the lignocellulose conversion for ABE in high solids fermentation, this study explored the feasibility of cycling the process through the cellulolytic or/and solventogenic phases via intermittent flushing of the fermentation media. Five different flushing strategies (varying medium ingredients, inoculum supplement and cycling through phases) were investigated. Flushing regularly throughout the cellulolytic phase is necessary because re-incubation at 65 °C significantly improved glucose availability by at least 6-fold. The solvents accumulation was increased by 4-fold using corn stover (3-fold using miscanthus) over that produced by flushing only through the solventogenic phase. In addition, cycling process was simplified by re-incubating the flushed cellulolytic phase with no re-inoculation because the initial inoculum of Clostridiumthermocellum remained viable throughout sequential co-culture. This study served as the first proof of the cycling flush system applied in co-cultural SSC and the knowledge gained can be used to design a farm-scale flushing system.
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- Wanying Yao
- Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, University of Kentucky, C.E. Barnhart Building, Lexington, KY 40546, United States.
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- Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, University of Kentucky, C.E. Barnhart Building, Lexington, KY 40546, United States
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The use of (green field) biomass pretreatment liquor for fermentative butanol production and the catalytic oxidation of biobutanol. Chem Eng Res Des 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2014.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Li J, Baral NR, Jha AK. Acetone-butanol-ethanol fermentation of corn stover by Clostridium species: present status and future perspectives. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 30:1145-57. [PMID: 24165749 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-013-1542-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2013] [Accepted: 10/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Sustainable vehicle fuel is indispensable in future due to worldwide depletion of fossil fuel reserve, oil price fluctuation and environmental degradation. Microbial production of butanol from renewable biomass could be one of the possible options. Renewable biomass such as corn stover has no food deficiency issues and is also cheaper in most of the agricultural based countries. Thus it can effectively solve the existing issue of substrate cost. In the last 30 years, a few of Clostridium strains have been successfully implemented for biobutanol fermentation. However, the commercial production is hindered due to their poor tolerance to butanol and inhibitors. Metabolic engineering of Clostridia strains is essential to solve above problems and ultimately enhance the solvent production. An effective and efficient pretreatment of raw material as well as optimization of fermentation condition could be another option. Furthermore, biological approaches may be useful to optimize both the host and pathways to maximize butanol production. In this context, this paper reviews the existing Clostridium strains and their ability to produce butanol particularly from corn stover. This study also highlights possible fermentation pathways and biological approaches that may be useful to optimize fermentation pathways. Moreover, challenges and future perspectives are also discussed.
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- Jianzheng Li
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, 73 Huanghe Road, Harbin, 150090, People's Republic of China,
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Li L, Ai H, Zhang S, Li S, Liang Z, Wu ZQ, Yang ST, Wang JF. Enhanced butanol production by coculture of Clostridium beijerinckii and Clostridium tyrobutyricum. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2013; 143:397-404. [PMID: 23819976 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2013] [Revised: 06/05/2013] [Accepted: 06/08/2013] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Cocultures of Clostridium beijerinckii and Clostridium tyrobutyricum in free-cell and immobilized-cell fermentation modes were investigated as a means of enhancing butanol production. The immobilized fermentation was performed in a fibrous-bed bioreactor (FBB). The results demonstrated that two-strain coculture significantly enhanced butanol production, yield and volumetric productivity compared with those in pure culture with or without butyric acid. Further, continuous immobilized-cell cocultures in two FBBs using glucose, cassava starch, or cane molasses were conducted at a dilution rate of 0.144 h(-1). The butanol production (6.66 g/L), yield (0.18 g/g), and productivity (0.96 g/L/h) were obtained with cassava starch as the substrate. Meanwhile, the acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) yield (0.36 g/g) was the highest among all processes investigated, suggesting that this continuous coculture mode may be suitable for industrial ABE production with no need for repeated sterilization and inoculation.
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- Lin Li
- School of Bioscience & Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China
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Bankar SB, Survase SA, Ojamo H, Granström T. The two stage immobilized column reactor with an integrated solvent recovery module for enhanced ABE production. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2013; 140:269-276. [PMID: 23708785 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.04.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2013] [Revised: 04/09/2013] [Accepted: 04/11/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The production of acetone, butanol, and ethanol (ABE) by fermentation is a process that had been used by industries for decades. Two stage immobilized column reactor system integrated with liquid-liquid extraction was used with immobilized Clostridium acetobutylicum DSM 792, to enhance the ABE productivity and yield. The sugar mixture (glucose, mannose, galactose, arabinose, and xylose) representative to the lignocellulose hydrolysates was used as a substrate for continuous ABE production. Maximum total ABE solvent concentration of 20.30 g L(-1) was achieved at a dilution rate (D) of 0.2h(-1), with the sugar mixture as a substrate. The maximum solvent productivity (10.85 g L(-1)h(-1)) and the solvent yield (0.38 g g(-1)) were obtained at a dilution rate of 1.0 h(-1). The maximum sugar mixture utilization rate was achieved with the present set up which is difficult to reach in a single stage chemostat. The system was operated for 48 days without any technical problems.
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- Sandip B Bankar
- Aalto University, School Chemical Technology, Department of Biotechnology and Chemical Technology, P.O. Box 16100, 00076 Aalto, Finland.
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Recent advancement in production of liquid biofuels from renewable resources: a review. RESEARCH ON CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s11164-013-1231-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Zheng J, Tashiro Y, Yoshida T, Gao M, Wang Q, Sonomoto K. Continuous butanol fermentation from xylose with high cell density by cell recycling system. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2013; 129:360-365. [PMID: 23262012 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.11.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2012] [Revised: 11/12/2012] [Accepted: 11/17/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A continuous butanol production system with high-density Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum N1-4 generated by cell recycling was established to examine the characteristics of butanol fermentation from xylose. In continuous culture without cell recycling, cell washout was avoided by maintaining pH>5.6 at a dilution rate of 0.26 h(-1), indicating pH control was critical to this experiment. Subsequently, continuous culture with cell recycling increased cell concentration to 17.4 g L(-1), which increased butanol productivity to 1.20 g L(-1) h(-1) at a dilution rate of 0.26 h(-1) from 0.529 g L(-1) h(-1) without cell recycling. The effect of dilution rates on butanol production was also investigated in continuous culture with cell recycling. Maximum butanol productivity (3.32 g L(-1) h(-1)) was observed at a dilution rate of 0.78 h(-1), approximately 6-fold higher than observed in continuous culture without cell recycling (0.529 g L(-1) h(-1)).
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- Jin Zheng
- Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Division of Applied Molecular Microbiology and Biomass Chemistry, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
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Bankar SB, Survase SA, Ojamo H, Granström T. Biobutanol: the outlook of an academic and industrialist. RSC Adv 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra43011a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Jurgens G, Survase S, Berezina O, Sklavounos E, Linnekoski J, Kurkijärvi A, Väkevä M, van Heiningen A, Granström T. Butanol production from lignocellulosics. Biotechnol Lett 2012; 34:1415-34. [PMID: 22526420 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-012-0926-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2012] [Accepted: 03/27/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Clostridium spp. produce n-butanol in the acetone/butanol/ethanol process. For sustainable industrial scale butanol production, a number of obstacles need to be addressed including choice of feedstock, the low product yield, toxicity to production strain, multiple-end products and downstream processing of alcohol mixtures. This review describes the use of lignocellulosic feedstocks, bioprocess and metabolic engineering, downstream processing and catalytic refining of n-butanol.
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- German Jurgens
- Department of Biotechnology and Chemical Technology, Aalto University, 00076, Espoo, Finland.
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Novel and neglected issues of acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation by clostridia: Clostridium metabolic diversity, tools for process mapping and continuous fermentation systems. Biotechnol Adv 2012; 31:58-67. [PMID: 22306328 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2012.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2011] [Revised: 01/16/2012] [Accepted: 01/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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This review emphasises the fact that studies of acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation by solventogenic clostridia cannot be limited to research on the strain Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824. Various 1-butanol producing species of the genus Clostridium, which differ in their patterns of product formation and abilities to ferment particular carbohydrates or glycerol, are described. Special attention is devoted to species and strains that do not produce acetone naturally and to the utilisation of lactose, inulin, glycerol and mixtures of pentose and hexose carbohydrates. Furthermore, process-mapping tools based on different principles, including flow cytometry, DNA microarray analysis, mass spectrometry, Raman microscopy, FT-IR spectroscopy and anisotropy of electrical polarisability, which might facilitate fermentation control and a deeper understanding of ABE fermentation, are introduced. At present, the methods with the greatest potential are flow cytometry and transcriptome analysis. Flow cytometry can be used to visualise and capture cells within clostridial populations as they progress through the normal cell cycle, in which symmetric and asymmetric cell division phases alternate. Cell viability of a population of Clostridium pasteurianum NRRL B-598 was determined by flow cytometry. Transcriptome analysis has been used in various studies including the detection of genes expressed in solventogenic phase, at sporulation, in the stress response, to compare expression patterns of different strains or parent and mutant strains, for studies of catabolite repression, and for the detection of genes involved in the transport and metabolism of 11 different carbohydrates. Interestingly, the results of transcriptome analysis also challenge our earlier understanding of the role of the Spo0A regulator in initiation of solventogenesis in C. acetobutylicum ATCC 824. Lastly, the review describes other significant recent discoveries, including the deleterious effects of intracellular formic acid accumulation in C. acetobutylicum DSM 1731 cells on the metabolic switch from acidogenesis to solventogenesis and the development of a high-cell density continuous system using Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum N1-4, in which 1-butanol productivity of 7.99 g/L/h was reached.
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Yen HW, Li RJ, Ma TW. The development process for a continuous acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE) fermentation by immobilized Clostridium acetobutylicum. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2011.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Mendu V, Harman-Ware AE, Crocker M, Jae J, Stork J, Morton S, Placido A, Huber G, DeBolt S. Identification and thermochemical analysis of high-lignin feedstocks for biofuel and biochemical production. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2011; 4:43. [PMID: 22018114 PMCID: PMC3224766 DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-4-43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2011] [Accepted: 10/21/2011] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Lignin is a highly abundant biopolymer synthesized by plants as a complex component of plant secondary cell walls. Efforts to utilize lignin-based bioproducts are needed. RESULTS Herein we identify and characterize the composition and pyrolytic deconstruction characteristics of high-lignin feedstocks. Feedstocks displaying the highest levels of lignin were identified as drupe endocarp biomass arising as agricultural waste from horticultural crops. By performing pyrolysis coupled to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, we characterized lignin-derived deconstruction products from endocarp biomass and compared these with switchgrass. By comparing individual pyrolytic products, we document higher amounts of acetic acid, 1-hydroxy-2-propanone, acetone and furfural in switchgrass compared to endocarp tissue, which is consistent with high holocellulose relative to lignin. By contrast, greater yields of lignin-based pyrolytic products such as phenol, 2-methoxyphenol, 2-methylphenol, 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol and 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol arising from drupe endocarp tissue are documented. CONCLUSIONS Differences in product yield, thermal decomposition rates and molecular species distribution among the feedstocks illustrate the potential of high-lignin endocarp feedstocks to generate valuable chemicals by thermochemical deconstruction.
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- Venugopal Mendu
- Department of Horticulture, University of Kentucky, 1100 Nicholasville Road, Lexington, KY 40546, USA
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- Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, 2540 Research Park Drive, Lexington, KY 40511, USA
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- Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, 2540 Research Park Drive, Lexington, KY 40511, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 686 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Horticulture, University of Kentucky, 1100 Nicholasville Road, Lexington, KY 40546, USA
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- Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, 2540 Research Park Drive, Lexington, KY 40511, USA
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- Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, 2540 Research Park Drive, Lexington, KY 40511, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 686 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Horticulture, University of Kentucky, 1100 Nicholasville Road, Lexington, KY 40546, USA
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Wu D, Wang Q, Assary RS, Broadbelt LJ, Krilov G. A Computational Approach To Design and Evaluate Enzymatic Reaction Pathways: Application to 1-Butanol Production from Pyruvate. J Chem Inf Model 2011; 51:1634-47. [DOI: 10.1021/ci2000659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Di Wu
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
- Schrödinger, Inc., New York, New York 10036, United States
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Kohse-Höinghaus K, Osswald P, Cool TA, Kasper T, Hansen N, Qi F, Westbrook CK, Westmoreland PR. Biofuel combustion chemistry: from ethanol to biodiesel. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2010; 49:3572-97. [PMID: 20446278 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200905335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 537] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Biofuels, such as bio-ethanol, bio-butanol, and biodiesel, are of increasing interest as alternatives to petroleum-based transportation fuels because they offer the long-term promise of fuel-source regenerability and reduced climatic impact. Current discussions emphasize the processes to make such alternative fuels and fuel additives, the compatibility of these substances with current fuel-delivery infrastructure and engine performance, and the competition between biofuel and food production. However, the combustion chemistry of the compounds that constitute typical biofuels, including alcohols, ethers, and esters, has not received similar public attention. Herein we highlight some characteristic aspects of the chemical pathways in the combustion of prototypical representatives of potential biofuels. The discussion focuses on the decomposition and oxidation mechanisms and the formation of undesired, harmful, or toxic emissions, with an emphasis on transportation fuels. New insights into the vastly diverse and complex chemical reaction networks of biofuel combustion are enabled by recent experimental investigations and complementary combustion modeling. Understanding key elements of this chemistry is an important step towards the intelligent selection of next-generation alternative fuels.
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Kohse-Höinghaus K, Oßwald P, Cool T, Kasper T, Hansen N, Qi F, Westbrook C, Westmoreland P. Verbrennungschemie der Biokraftstoffe: von Ethanol bis Biodiesel. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200905335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Achievements and perspectives to overcome the poor solvent resistance in acetone and butanol-producing microorganisms. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2009; 85:1697-712. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-2390-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 225] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2009] [Revised: 11/27/2009] [Accepted: 11/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Shinto H, Tashiro Y, Kobayashi G, Sekiguchi T, Hanai T, Kuriya Y, Okamoto M, Sonomoto K. Kinetic study of substrate dependency for higher butanol production in acetone–butanol–ethanol fermentation. Process Biochem 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2008.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ezeji T, Blaschek HP. Fermentation of dried distillers' grains and solubles (DDGS) hydrolysates to solvents and value-added products by solventogenic clostridia. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2008; 99:5232-42. [PMID: 17967532 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.09.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Pretreatment and hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass using either dilute acid, liquid hot water (LHW), or ammonium fiber expansion (AFEX) results in a complex mixture of sugars such as hexoses (glucose, galactose, mannose), and pentoses (xylose, arabinose). A detailed description of the utilization of representative mixed sugar streams (pentoses and hexoses) and their sugar preferences by the solventogenic clostridia (Clostridium beijerinckii BA101, C. acetobutylicum 260, C. acetobutylicum 824, Clostridium saccharobutylicum 262, and C. butylicum 592) is presented. In these experiments, all the sugars were utilized concurrently throughout the fermentation, although the rate of sugar utilization was sugar specific. For all clostridia tested, the rate of glucose utilization was higher than for the other sugars in the mixture. In addition, the availability of excess fermentable sugars in the bioreactor is necessary for both the onset and the maintenance of solvent production otherwise the fermentation will become acidogenic leading to premature termination of the fermentation process. During an investigation on the effect of some of the known lignocellulosic hydrolysate inhibitors on the growth and ABE production by clostridia, ferulic and p-coumaric acids were found to be potent inhibitors of growth and ABE production. Interestingly, furfural and HMF were not inhibitory to the solventogenic clostridia; rather they had a stimulatory effect on growth and ABE production at concentrations up to 2.0g/L.
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- Thaddeus Ezeji
- University of Illinois, Biotechnology and Bioengineering Group, Center for Advanced Bioenergy Research and Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, 1207 W Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Sanchez S, Demain AL. Metabolic regulation and overproduction of primary metabolites. Microb Biotechnol 2008; 1:283-319. [PMID: 21261849 PMCID: PMC3815394 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2007.00015.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2007] [Revised: 10/04/2007] [Accepted: 10/23/2007] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Overproduction of microbial metabolites is related to developmental phases of microorganisms. Inducers, effectors, inhibitors and various signal molecules play a role in different types of overproduction. Biosynthesis of enzymes catalysing metabolic reactions in microbial cells is controlled by well-known positive and negative mechanisms, e.g. induction, nutritional regulation (carbon or nitrogen source regulation), feedback regulation, etc. The microbial production of primary metabolites contributes significantly to the quality of life. Fermentative production of these compounds is still an important goal of modern biotechnology. Through fermentation, microorganisms growing on inexpensive carbon and nitrogen sources produce valuable products such as amino acids, nucleotides, organic acids and vitamins which can be added to food to enhance its flavour, or increase its nutritive values. The contribution of microorganisms goes well beyond the food and health industries with the renewed interest in solvent fermentations. Microorganisms have the potential to provide many petroleum-derived products as well as the ethanol necessary for liquid fuel. Additional applications of primary metabolites lie in their impact as precursors of many pharmaceutical compounds. The roles of primary metabolites and the microbes which produce them will certainly increase in importance as time goes on. In the early years of fermentation processes, development of producing strains initially depended on classical strain breeding involving repeated random mutations, each followed by screening or selection. More recently, methods of molecular genetics have been used for the overproduction of primary metabolic products. The development of modern tools of molecular biology enabled more rational approaches for strain improvement. Techniques of transcriptome, proteome and metabolome analysis, as well as metabolic flux analysis. have recently been introduced in order to identify new and important target genes and to quantify metabolic activities necessary for further strain improvement.
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- Sergio Sanchez
- Departamento de Biologia Molecular y Biotecnologia, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Research Institute for Scientists Emeriti (RISE), Drew University, Madison, NJ 07940, USA
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