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Velvizhi G, Jacqueline PJ, Shetti NP, K L, Mohanakrishna G, Aminabhavi TM. Emerging trends and advances in valorization of lignocellulosic biomass to biofuels. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 345:118527. [PMID: 37429092 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Revised: 06/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/25/2023] [Indexed: 07/12/2023]
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Sustainable technologies pave the way to address future energy demand by converting lignocellulosic biomass into fuels, carbon-neutral materials, and chemicals which might replace fossil fuels. Thermochemical and biochemical technologies are conventional methods that convert biomass into value-added products. To enhance biofuel production, the existing technologies should be upgraded using advanced processes. In this regard, the present review explores the advanced technologies of thermochemical processes such as plasma technology, hydrothermal treatment, microwave-based processing, microbial-catalyzed electrochemical systems, etc. Advanced biochemical technologies such as synthetic metabolic engineering and genomic engineering have led to the development of an effective strategy to produce biofuels. The microwave-plasma-based technique increases the biofuel conversion efficiency by 97% and the genetic engineering strains increase the sugar production by 40%, inferring that the advanced technologies enhances the efficiency. So understanding these processes leads to low-carbon technologies which can solve the global issues on energy security, the greenhouse gases emission, and global warming.
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- G Velvizhi
- CO(2) Research and Green Technology Centre, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, 632 014, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- CO(2) Research and Green Technology Centre, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, 632 014, Tamil Nadu, India; School of Chemical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, 632 014, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Center for Energy and Environment, School of Advanced Sciences, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, 580 031, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Mathematics, Easwari Engineering College, Chennai, 600 089, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Center for Energy and Environment, School of Advanced Sciences, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, 580 031, Karnataka, India
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- Center for Energy and Environment, School of Advanced Sciences, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, 580 031, Karnataka, India; School of Engineering, UPES, Bidholi, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248 007, India.
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Garg D, Samota MK, Kontis N, Patel N, Bala S, Rosado AS. Revolutionizing biofuel generation: Unleashing the power of CRISPR-Cas mediated gene editing of extremophiles. Microbiol Res 2023; 274:127443. [PMID: 37399654 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2023.127443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 06/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/05/2023]
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Molecular biology techniques like gene editing have altered the specific genes in micro-organisms to increase their efficiency to produce biofuels. This review paper investigates the outcomes of Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) for gene editing in extremophilic micro-organisms to produce biofuel. Commercial production of biofuel from lignocellulosic waste is limited due to various constraints. A potential strategy to enhance the capability of extremophiles to produce biofuel is gene-editing via CRISPR-Cas technology. The efficiency of intracellular enzymes like cellulase, hemicellulose in extremophilic bacteria, fungi and microalgae has been increased by alteration of genes associated with enzymatic activity and thermotolerance. extremophilic microbes like Thermococcus kodakarensis, Thermotoga maritima, Thermus thermophilus, Pyrococcus furiosus and Sulfolobus sp. are explored for biofuel production. The conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into biofuels involves pretreatment, hydrolysis and fermentation. The challenges like off-target effect associated with use of extremophiles for biofuel production is also addressed. The appropriate regulations are required to maximize effectiveness while minimizing off-target cleavage, as well as the total biosafety of this technique. The latest discovery of the CRISPR-Cas system should provide a new channel in the creation of microbial biorefineries through site- specific gene editing that might boost the generation of biofuels from extremophiles. Overall, this review study highlights the potential for genome editing methods to improve the potential of extremophiles to produce biofuel, opening the door to more effective and environmentally friendly biofuel production methods.
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- Diksha Garg
- Department of Microbiology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
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- Red Sea Research Center, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division,King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Makkah 23955, Saudi Arabia; Computational Bioscience Research Center, Biological and Environmental Science and, Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Makkah 23955, Saudi Arabia
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- Red Sea Research Center, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division,King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Makkah 23955, Saudi Arabia; Computational Bioscience Research Center, Biological and Environmental Science and, Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Makkah 23955, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Microbiology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
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- Red Sea Research Center, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division,King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Makkah 23955, Saudi Arabia; Computational Bioscience Research Center, Biological and Environmental Science and, Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Makkah 23955, Saudi Arabia.
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Zhao M, Zhou W, Wang Y, Wang J, Zhang J, Gong Z. Combination of simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of corn stover with consolidated bioprocessing of cassava starch enhances lipid production by the amylolytic oleaginous yeast Lipomyces starkeyi. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 364:128096. [PMID: 36229008 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2022] [Revised: 10/03/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Highly integrated processes are crucial for the commercial success of microbial lipid production from low-cost substrates. Here, combination of simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) of corn stover with consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) of cassava starch by Lipomyces starkeyi was firstly developed as a novel strategy for lipid production. Starch was quickly hydrolyzed within 24 h by the amylolytic enzymes secreted by L. starkeyi to provide adequate fermentable sugars at the initial stage of culture, which eliminated the pre-hydrolysis step. More interestingly, synergistic effect for achieving higher lipid production by combined utilization of corn stover and cassava starch at relatively low enzyme dosage was realized, in comparison with the separate utilization of these two substrates. The fatty acid profiles indicated that lipid prepared by the combination strategy was suitable precursor for biodiesel production. The combined SSF&CBP strategy offers a simplified, highly-efficient, and economical route for co-valorization of low-cost substrates into lipids.
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- Man Zhao
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, 947 Heping Road, Wuhan 430081, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, 947 Heping Road, Wuhan 430081, People's Republic of China; HuBei Province Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion and New Carbon Materials, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Dao-di Herbs, National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, 947 Heping Road, Wuhan 430081, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, 947 Heping Road, Wuhan 430081, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, 947 Heping Road, Wuhan 430081, People's Republic of China; HuBei Province Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion and New Carbon Materials, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, People's Republic of China.
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D-Galacturonic acid reduction by S. cerevisiae for L-galactonate production from extracted sugar beet press pulp hydrolysate. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 105:5795-5807. [PMID: 34268581 PMCID: PMC8390429 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11433-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Revised: 06/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Abstract Pectin-rich residues are considered as promising feedstocks for sustainable production of platform chemicals. Enzymatic hydrolysis of extracted sugar beet press pulp (SBPP) releases the main constituent of pectin, d-galacturonic acid (d-GalA). Using engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae, d-GalA is then reduced to l-galactonate (l-GalOA) with sorbitol as co-substrate. The current work addresses the combination of enzymatic hydrolysis of pectin in SBPP with a consecutive optimized biotransformation of the released d-GalA to l-GalOA in simple batch processes in stirred-tank bioreactors. Process conditions were first identified with synthetic media, where a product concentration of 9.9 g L-1 L-GalOA was obtained with a product selectivity of 99% (L-GalOA D-GalA-1) at pH 5 with 4% (w/v) sorbitol within 48 h. A very similar batch process performance with a product selectivity of 97% was achieved with potassium citrate buffered SBPP hydrolysate, demonstrating for the first time direct production of L-GalOA from hydrolyzed biomass using engineered S. cerevisiae. Combining the hydrolysis process of extracted SBPP and the biotransformation process with engineered S. cerevisiae paves the way towards repurposing pectin-rich residues as substrates for value-added chemicals. Key points • Efficient bioreduction of D-GalA with S. cerevisiae in stirred-tank reactors • Batch production of L-GalOA by engineered S. cerevisiae with high selectivity • Direct L-GalOA production from hydrolyzed sugar beet press pulp Graphical abstract Bioreduction of D-galacturonic acid to L-galactonate with recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae enables for the first time the valorization of hydrolysates from extracted sugar beet press pulp for the sustainable production of value-added chemicals. ![]()
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Toor M, Kumar SS, Malyan SK, Bishnoi NR, Mathimani T, Rajendran K, Pugazhendhi A. An overview on bioethanol production from lignocellulosic feedstocks. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 242:125080. [PMID: 31675581 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Revised: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 10/05/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Lignocellulosic ethanol has been proposed as a green alternative to fossil fuels for many decades. However, commercialization of lignocellulosic ethanol faces major hurdles including pretreatment, efficient sugar release and fermentation. Several processes were developed to overcome these challenges e.g. simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF). This review highlights the various ethanol production processes with their advantages and shortcomings. Recent technologies such as singlepot biorefineries, combined bioprocessing, and bioenergy systems with carbon capture are promising. However, these technologies have a lower technology readiness level (TRL), implying that additional efforts are necessary before being evaluated for commercial availability. Solving energy needs is not only a technological solution and interlinkage of various factors needs to be assessed beyond technology development.
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- Manju Toor
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, 125 001, Haryana, India
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, 125 001, Haryana, India
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- Institute for Soil, Water, and Environmental Sciences, The Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Rishon LeZion - 7505101, Israel
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, 125 001, Haryana, India
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- Department of Energy and Environment, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli - 620 015, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Environmental Science, SRM University-AP, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh - 522502, India
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- Innovative Green Product Synthesis and Renewable Environment Development Research Group, Faculty of Environment and Labour Safety, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
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Cubas-Cano E, González-Fernández C, Tomás-Pejó E. Evolutionary engineering of Lactobacillus pentosus improves lactic acid productivity from xylose-rich media at low pH. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 288:121540. [PMID: 31174085 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Revised: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Since xylose is the second most abundant sugar in lignocellulose, using microorganisms able to metabolize it into bio-based chemicals like lactic acid is an attractive approach. In this study, Lactobacillus pentosus CECT4023T was evolved to improve its xylose fermentation capacity even at acid pH by adaptive laboratory evolution in repeated anaerobic batch cultures at increasing xylose concentration. The resulting strain (named MAX2) presented between 1.5 and 2-fold more xylose consumption and lactic acid production than the parental strain in 20 g L-1 xylose defined media independently of the initial pH value. When the pH was controlled in bioreactor, lactic acid productivity at 16 h increased 1.4-fold when MAX2 was grown both in xylose defined media and in wheat straw hydrolysate. These results demonstrated the potential of this new strain to produce lactic acid from hemicellulosic substrates at low pH, reducing the need of using neutralizing agents in the process.
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- Enrique Cubas-Cano
- IMDEA Energy Institute, Biotechnological Processes for Energy Production Unit, 28935 Móstoles, Spain.
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- IMDEA Energy Institute, Biotechnological Processes for Energy Production Unit, 28935 Móstoles, Spain
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Robak K, Balcerek M, Dziekońska-Kubczak U, Dziugan P. Effect of dilute acid pretreatment on the saccharification and fermentation of rye straw. Biotechnol Prog 2019; 35:e2789. [PMID: 30773839 DOI: 10.1002/btpr.2789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2018] [Revised: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 02/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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This research shows the effect of dilute acid pretreatment with various sulfuric acid concentrations (0.5-2.0% [wt/vol]) on enzymatic saccharification and fermentation yield of rye straw. After pretreatment, solids of rye straw were suspended in Na citrate buffer or post-pretreatment liquids (prehydrolysates) containing sugars liberated after hemicellulose hydrolysis. Saccharification was conducted using enzymes dosage of 15 or 25 FPU/g cellulose. Cellulose saccharification rate after rye straw pretreatment was enhanced by performing enzymatic hydrolysis in sodium citrate buffer in comparison with hemicellulose prehydrolysate. The maximum cellulose saccharification rate (69%) was reached in sodium citrate buffer (biomass pretreated with 2.0% [wt/vol] H2 SO4 ). Lignocellulosic complex of rye straw after pretreatment was subjected to separate hydrolysis and fermentation (SHF) or separate hydrolysis and co-fermentation (SHCF). The SHF processes conducted in the sodium citrate buffer using monoculture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Ethanol Red) were more efficient compared to hemicellulose prehydrolysate in respect with ethanol yields. Maximum fermentation efficiency of SHF processes obtained after rye straw pretreatment at 1.5% [wt/vol] H2 SO4 and saccharification using enzymes dosage of 25 FPU/g in sodium citrate buffer, achieving 40.6% of theoretical yield. However, SHCF process using cocultures of pentose-fermenting yeast, after pretreatment of raw material at 1.5% [wt/vol] H2 SO4 and hydrolysis using enzymes dosage of 25 FPU/g, resulted in the highest ethanol yield among studied methods, achieving 9.4 g/L of ethanol, corresponding to 55% of theoretical yield.
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- Katarzyna Robak
- Department of Spirit and Yeast Technology, Institute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Spirit and Yeast Technology, Institute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Spirit and Yeast Technology, Institute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Spirit and Yeast Technology, Institute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland
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A review of integration strategies of lignocelluloses and other wastes in 1st generation bioethanol processes. Process Biochem 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2018.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Xu Y, Zhang M, Roozeboom K, Wang D. Integrated bioethanol production to boost low-concentrated cellulosic ethanol without sacrificing ethanol yield. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 250:299-305. [PMID: 29174908 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.11.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2017] [Revised: 11/16/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Four integrated designs were proposed to boost cellulosic ethanol titer and yield. Results indicated co-fermentation of corn flour with hydrolysate liquor from saccharified corn stover was the best integration scheme and able to boost ethanol titers from 19.9 to 123.2 g/L with biomass loading of 8% and from 36.8 to 130.2 g/L with biomass loadings of 16%, respectively, while meeting the minimal ethanol distillation requirement of 40 g/L and achieving high ethanol yields of above 90%. These results indicated integration of first and second generation ethanol production could significantly accelerate the commercialization of cellulosic biofuel production. Co-fermentation of starchy substrate with hydrolysate liquor from saccharified biomass is able to significantly enhance ethanol concentration to reduce energy cost for distillation without sacrificing ethanol yields. This novel method could be extended to any pretreatment of biomass from low to high pH pretreatment as demonstrated in this study.
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- Youjie Xu
- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, United States
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- Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, United States
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- Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, United States
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, United States.
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Cardoso WS, Soares FEDF, Queiroz PV, Tavares GP, Santos FA, Sufiate BL, Kasuya MCM, de Queiroz JH. Minimum cocktail of cellulolytic multi-enzyme complexes obtained from white rot fungi via solid-state fermentation. 3 Biotech 2018; 8:46. [PMID: 29354357 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-017-1073-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 12/26/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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The objective of this work was to optimize the total cellulase activity of the crude extract cocktails from five white rot fungi produced by solid-state fermentation, by means of the central composite design. The white rot fungi Pleurotus ostreatus PLO 06, Pleurotus eryngii PLE 04, Trametes versicolor TRAM 01, Pycnosporus sanguineus PYC 02 and Phanerochaete chrysosporium PC were tested. For optimization process aiming at the maximum value of total cellulase activity (FPAse), the multi-enzyme cellulase complexes (crude extracts) of each fungus were mixed simultaneously in different proportions. There was increase in FPAse activity for the cocktails formed by the extracts of the five fungi together, compared to the extracts of each fungus alone. The model presented the minimum cocktail of enzymes for maximum total cellulase activity, with 100.00 μL PYC; 100.00 μL PC; 100.00 μL PLO06; 100.00 μL PLE04 and 200 μL TRAM01. The maximum value found was of 304.86 U/L. The result of the cocktails was very relevant, showing that there is an enzymatic complementation in the extracts that should be further studied. Concentrated extract cocktails should also be evaluated for biomass saccharification.
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Mika LT, Cséfalvay E, Németh Á. Catalytic Conversion of Carbohydrates to Initial Platform Chemicals: Chemistry and Sustainability. Chem Rev 2017; 118:505-613. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 662] [Impact Index Per Article: 94.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- László T. Mika
- Department
of Chemical and Environmental Process Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Műegyetem rkp. 3., Budapest 1111, Hungary
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- Department
of Energy Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest 1111, Hungary
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- Department
of Applied Biotechnology and Food Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest 1111, Hungary
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Mohd Azhar SH, Abdulla R, Jambo SA, Marbawi H, Gansau JA, Mohd Faik AA, Rodrigues KF. Yeasts in sustainable bioethanol production: A review. Biochem Biophys Rep 2017; 10:52-61. [PMID: 29114570 PMCID: PMC5637245 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2017.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2016] [Revised: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 03/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Bioethanol has been identified as the mostly used biofuel worldwide since it significantly contributes to the reduction of crude oil consumption and environmental pollution. It can be produced from various types of feedstocks such as sucrose, starch, lignocellulosic and algal biomass through fermentation process by microorganisms. Compared to other types of microoganisms, yeasts especially Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the common microbes employed in ethanol production due to its high ethanol productivity, high ethanol tolerance and ability of fermenting wide range of sugars. However, there are some challenges in yeast fermentation which inhibit ethanol production such as high temperature, high ethanol concentration and the ability to ferment pentose sugars. Various types of yeast strains have been used in fermentation for ethanol production including hybrid, recombinant and wild-type yeasts. Yeasts can directly ferment simple sugars into ethanol while other type of feedstocks must be converted to fermentable sugars before it can be fermented to ethanol. The common processes involves in ethanol production are pretreatment, hydrolysis and fermentation. Production of bioethanol during fermentation depends on several factors such as temperature, sugar concentration, pH, fermentation time, agitation rate, and inoculum size. The efficiency and productivity of ethanol can be enhanced by immobilizing the yeast cells. This review highlights the different types of yeast strains, fermentation process, factors affecting bioethanol production and immobilization of yeasts for better bioethanol production.
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- Siti Hajar Mohd Azhar
- Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
- Energy Research Unit, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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Costa CE, Romaní A, Cunha JT, Johansson B, Domingues L. Integrated approach for selecting efficient Saccharomyces cerevisiae for industrial lignocellulosic fermentations: Importance of yeast chassis linked to process conditions. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2017; 227:24-34. [PMID: 28013133 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2016] [Revised: 12/02/2016] [Accepted: 12/04/2016] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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In this work, four robust yeast chassis isolated from industrial environments were engineered with the same xylose metabolic pathway. The recombinant strains were physiologically characterized in synthetic xylose and xylose-glucose medium, on non-detoxified hemicellulosic hydrolysates of fast-growing hardwoods (Eucalyptus and Paulownia) and agricultural residues (corn cob and wheat straw) and on Eucalyptus hydrolysate at different temperatures. Results show that the co-consumption of xylose-glucose was dependent on the yeast background. Moreover, heterogeneous results were obtained among different hydrolysates and temperatures for each individual strain pointing to the importance of designing from the very beginning a tailor-made yeast considering the specific raw material and process.
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- Carlos E Costa
- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga 4710-057, Portugal
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- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga 4710-057, Portugal
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- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga 4710-057, Portugal
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- CBMA - Center of Molecular and Environmental Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga 4710-057, Portugal
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- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga 4710-057, Portugal.
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Koti S, Govumoni SP, Gentela J, Venkateswar Rao L. Enhanced bioethanol production from wheat straw hemicellulose by mutant strains of pentose fermenting organisms Pichia stipitis and Candida shehatae. SPRINGERPLUS 2016; 5:1545. [PMID: 27652118 PMCID: PMC5020006 DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-3222-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2015] [Accepted: 09/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The main aim of the present study was to mutate yeast strains, Pichia stipitis NCIM 3498 and Candida shehatae NCIM 3501 and assess the mutant's ability to utilize, ferment wheat straw hemicellulose with enhanced ethanol yield. The organisms were subjected to random mutagenesis using physical (ultraviolet radiation) and chemical (ethidium bromide) mutagens. The mutant and wild strains were used to ferment the hemicellulosic hydrolysates of wheat straw obtained by 2 % dilute sulphuric acid and enzymatic hydrolysis by crude xylanase separately. Among all the mutant strains, PSUV9 and CSEB7 showed enhanced ethanol production (12.15 ± 0.57, 9.55 ± 0.47 g/L and yield 0.450 ± 0.009, 0.440 ± 0.001 g/g) as compared to the wild strains (8.28 ± 0.54, 7.92 ± 0.89 g/L and yield 0.380 ± 0.006 and 0.370 ± 0.002 g/g) in both the hydrolysates. The mutant strains were also checked for their consistency in ethanol production and found stable for 19 cycles in hemicellulosic hydrolysates of wheat straw. A novel element in the present study was introduction of chemical mutagenesis in wild type as well as UV induced mutants. This combination of treatments i.e., UV followed by chemical mutagenesis was practically successful.
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- Sravanthi Koti
- Department of Microbiology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana state 500 007 India
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- Department of Microbiology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana state 500 007 India
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- Department of Microbiology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana state 500 007 India
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Nielsen F, Zacchi G, Galbe M, Wallberg O. Prefermentation improves ethanol yield in separate hydrolysis and cofermentation of steam-pretreated wheat straw. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1186/s40508-016-0054-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Joelsson E, Erdei B, Galbe M, Wallberg O. Techno-economic evaluation of integrated first- and second-generation ethanol production from grain and straw. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2016; 9:1. [PMID: 26816530 PMCID: PMC4700589 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-015-0423-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2015] [Accepted: 12/15/2015] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Integration of first- and second-generation ethanol production can facilitate the introduction of second-generation lignocellulosic ethanol production. Consolidation of the second-generation with the first-generation process can potentially reduce the downstream processing cost for the second-generation process as well as providing the first-generation process with energy. This study presents novel experimental results from integrated first- and second-generation ethanol production from grain and wheat straw in a process development unit. The results were used in techno-economic evaluations to investigate the feasibility of the plant, in which the main co-products were distiller's dried grains with solubles and biogas. RESULTS An overall glucose to ethanol yield, of 81 % of the theoretical, based on glucose available in the raw material, was achieved in the experiments. A positive net present value was found for all the base case scenarios and the minimal ethanol selling price varied between 0.45 and 0.53 EUR/L ethanol. The revenue increased with combined xylose and glucose fermentation and biogas upgrading to vehicle fuel quality. A decrease in the biogas yield from 80 to 60 % also largely affects the net present value. The energy efficiency for the energy content in products available for sale compared with the incoming energy content varied from 74 to 80 %. CONCLUSIONS One of the two main configurations can be chosen when designing an integrated first- and second-generation ethanol production plant from grain and straw: that producing biogas or that producing distiller's dried grains with solubles from the xylose sugars. The choice depends mainly on the local market and prices for distiller's dried grains with solubles and biogas, since the prices for both co-products have fluctuated a great deal in recent years. In the current study, however, distiller's dried grains with solubles were found to be a more promising co-product than biogas, if the biogas was not upgraded to vehicle fuel quality. It was also concluded that additional experimental data from biogas production using first- and second-generation substrates are required to obtain improved economic evaluations.
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- Elisabeth Joelsson
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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Glaser R. Enzyme-based lignocellulose hydrolyzation—Sauter mean diameter of raw materials as a basis for cellulase performance characterization and yield prediction. J Biotechnol 2015; 214:9-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2015.08.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2015] [Revised: 08/22/2015] [Accepted: 08/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Novy V, Longus K, Nidetzky B. From wheat straw to bioethanol: integrative analysis of a separate hydrolysis and co-fermentation process with implemented enzyme production. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2015; 8:46. [PMID: 25883680 PMCID: PMC4399083 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-015-0232-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2014] [Accepted: 02/24/2015] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Lignocellulosic ethanol has a high potential as renewable energy source. In recent years, much research effort has been spent to optimize parameters involved in the production process. Despite that, there is still a lack of comprehensive studies on process integration. Single parameters and process configurations are, however, heavily interrelated and can affect the overall process efficiency in a multitude of ways. Here, we present an integrative approach for bioethanol production from wheat straw at a representative laboratory scale using a separate hydrolysis and co-fermentation (SHCF) process. The process does not rely on commercial (hemi-) cellulases but includes enzyme production through Hypocrea jecorina (formerly Trichoderma reesei) on the pre-treated feedstock as key unit operation. Hydrolysis reactions are run with high solid loadings of 15% dry mass pre-treated wheat straw (DM WS), and hydrolyzates are utilized without detoxification for mixed glucose-xylose fermentation with the genetically and evolutionary engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain IBB10B05. RESULTS Process configurations of unit operations in the benchtop SHCF were varied and evaluated with respect to the overall process ethanol yield (Y Ethanol-Process). The highest Y Ethanol-Process of 71.2 g ethanol per kg raw material was reached when fungal fermentations were run as batch, and the hydrolysis reaction was done with an enzyme loading of 30 filter paper units (FPU)/gDM WS. 1.7 ± 0.1 FPU/mL were produced, glucose and xylose were released with a conversion efficiency of 67% and 95%, respectively, and strain IBB10B05 showed an ethanol yield of 0.4 g/gGlc + Xyl in 15% hydrolyzate fermentations. Based on the detailed process analysis, it was further possible to identify the enzyme yield, the glucose conversion efficiency, and the mass losses between the unit operations as key process parameters, exhibiting a major influence on Y Ethanol-Process. CONCLUSIONS Y Ethanol-Process is a measure for the efficiency of the lignocellulose-to-bioethanol process. Based on mass balance analysis, the correlations between single process parameters and Y Ethanol-Process were elucidated. The optimized laboratory scale SHCF process showed efficiencies similar to pilot scale plants. The herein presented process analysis can serve as effective and simple tool to identify key process parameters, bottlenecks, and future optimization targets.
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- Vera Novy
- />Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz, Petersgasse 12/I, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- />Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz, Petersgasse 12/I, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- />Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz, Petersgasse 12/I, 8010 Graz, Austria
- />Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology, Petersgasse 14, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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Sànchez Nogué V, Karhumaa K. Xylose fermentation as a challenge for commercialization of lignocellulosic fuels and chemicals. Biotechnol Lett 2014; 37:761-72. [DOI: 10.1007/s10529-014-1756-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2014] [Accepted: 12/11/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Zhu JQ, Qin L, Li BZ, Yuan YJ. Simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation of aqueous ammonia pretreated corn stover with an engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae SyBE005. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2014; 169:9-18. [PMID: 25016219 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.06.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2014] [Revised: 06/23/2014] [Accepted: 06/24/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Co-fermentation of glucose and xylose from lignocelluloses is an efficient approach to increasing ethanol production. Simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation (SSCF) of corn stover pretreated with aqueous ammonia was performed using engineered yeast with xylose utilization pathway. Thus far, the effect of the several key factors on SSCF was investigated, including temperature, inoculation size, pre-hydrolysis and pH. Ethanol concentration was achieved to 36.5 g/L during SSCF process with 6% glucan loading. The addition of Tween 20 reduced enzyme loading, i.e., from 15 to 7.5 FPU/gglucan with the same final ethanol concentration. The ethanol concentration was achieved to 70.1g/L at 12% glucan loading. Yeast feeding, combined with substrate and enzyme feeding, was proved to be an efficient approach for SSCF with high solid loading.
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- Jia-Qing Zhu
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China; Center of Synthetic Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China; Center of Synthetic Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China; Center of Synthetic Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China; Center of Synthetic Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China
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Novy V, Krahulec S, Wegleiter M, Müller G, Longus K, Klimacek M, Nidetzky B. Process intensification through microbial strain evolution: mixed glucose-xylose fermentation in wheat straw hydrolyzates by three generations of recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2014; 7:49. [PMID: 24708666 PMCID: PMC4234986 DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-7-49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2013] [Accepted: 03/18/2014] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Lignocellulose hydrolyzates present difficult substrates for ethanol production by the most commonly applied microorganism in the fermentation industries, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. High resistance towards inhibitors released during pretreatment and hydrolysis of the feedstock as well as efficient utilization of hexose and pentose sugars constitute major challenges in the development of S. cerevisiae strains for biomass-to-ethanol processes. Metabolic engineering and laboratory evolution are applied, alone and in combination, to adduce desired strain properties. However, physiological requirements for robust performance of S. cerevisiae in the conversion of lignocellulose hydrolyzates are not well understood. The herein presented S. cerevisiae strains IBB10A02 and IBB10B05 are descendants of strain BP10001, which was previously derived from the widely used strain CEN.PK 113-5D through introduction of a largely redox-neutral oxidoreductive xylose assimilation pathway. The IBB strains were obtained by a two-step laboratory evolution that selected for fast xylose fermentation in combination with anaerobic growth before (IBB10A02) and after adaption in repeated xylose fermentations (IBB10B05). Enzymatic hydrolyzates were prepared from up to 15% dry mass pretreated (steam explosion) wheat straw and contained glucose and xylose in a mass ratio of approximately 2. RESULTS With all strains, yield coefficients based on total sugar consumed were high for ethanol (0.39 to 0.40 g/g) and notably low for fermentation by-products (glycerol: ≤0.10 g/g; xylitol: ≤0.08 g/g; acetate: 0.04 g/g). In contrast to the specific glucose utilization rate that was similar for all strains (qGlucose ≈ 2.9 g/gcell dry weight (CDW)/h), the xylose consumption rate was enhanced by a factor of 11.5 (IBB10A02; qXylose = 0.23 g/gCDW/h) and 17.5 (IBB10B05; qXylose = 0.35 g/gCDW/h) as compared to the qXylose of the non-evolved strain BP10001. In xylose-supplemented (50 g/L) hydrolyzates prepared from 5% dry mass, strain IBB10B05 displayed a qXylose of 0.71 g/gCDW/h and depleted xylose in 2 days with an ethanol yield of 0.30 g/g. Under the conditions used, IBB10B05 was also capable of slow anaerobic growth. CONCLUSIONS Laboratory evolution of strain BP10001 resulted in effectively enhanced qXylose at almost complete retention of the fermentation capabilities previously acquired by metabolic engineering. Strain IBB10B05 is a sturdy candidate for intensification of lignocellulose-to-bioethanol processes.
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- Vera Novy
- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 12/I, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 12/I, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 12/I, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 12/I, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 12/I, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 12/I, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 12/I, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Resource technology for food waste has become the research hot recently. To perform ethanol fermentation from food waste could realize energy recovery and pollution prevention. This study investigated the effects of two kinds of immobilization carriers, loofa sponge and fiber ball on ethanol fermentation from food waste. The seven runs of fermentation experiments demonstrated that the fermentation broth with fiber ball showed an increase of residue sugar concentration (31.98g/l) and a decrease of sugar utilization ratio (60.02%) in the fourth run. When it came to the seventh run of experiment, the sugar utilization ratio was only 49.04%, which showed that the fermentation yield by the yeast decreased significantly. While the fermentation by loofa sponge revealed stable fermentation efficiency, the sugar utilization ratio were all above 80%. The effect of size and inoculum for loofa sponge showed that 3 gram dry loofa sponge in 100 ml saccharification liquid was suitable. While the size had little effect on the fermentation.
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Erdei B, Hancz D, Galbe M, Zacchi G. SSF of steam-pretreated wheat straw with the addition of saccharified or fermented wheat meal in integrated bioethanol production. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2013; 6:169. [PMID: 24286350 PMCID: PMC4176987 DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-6-169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2013] [Accepted: 10/08/2013] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Integration of second-generation (2G) bioethanol production with existing first-generation (1G) production may facilitate commercial production of ethanol from cellulosic material. Since 2G hydrolysates have a low sugar concentration and 1G streams often have to be diluted prior to fermentation, mixing of streams is beneficial. Improved ethanol concentrations in the 2G production process lowers energy demand in distillation, improves overall energy efficiency and thus lower production cost. There is also a potential to reach higher ethanol yields, which is required in economically feasible ethanol production. Integrated process scenarios with addition of saccharified wheat meal (SWM) or fermented wheat meal (FWM) were investigated in simultaneous saccharification and (co-)fermentation (SSF or SSCF) of steam-pretreated wheat straw, while the possibility of recovering the valuable protein-rich fibre residue from the wheat was also studied. RESULTS The addition of SWM to SSF of steam-pretreated wheat straw, using commercially used dried baker's yeast, S. cerevisiae, resulted in ethanol concentrations of about 60 g/L, equivalent to ethanol yields of about 90% of the theoretical. The addition of FWM in batch mode SSF was toxic to baker's yeast, due to the ethanol content of FWM, resulting in a very low yield and high accumulation of glucose. The addition of FWM in fed-batch mode still caused a slight accumulation of glucose, but the ethanol concentration was fairly high, 51.2 g/L, corresponding to an ethanol yield of 90%, based on the amount of glucose added.In batch mode of SSCF using the xylose-fermenting, genetically modified S. cerevisiae strain KE6-12, no improvement was observed in ethanol yield or concentration, compared with baker's yeast, despite the increased xylose utilization, probably due to the considerable increase in glycerol production. A slight increase in xylose consumption was seen when glucose from SWM was fed at a low feed rate, after 48 hours, compared with batch SSCF. However, the ethanol yield and concentration remained in the same range as in batch mode. CONCLUSION Ethanol concentrations of about 6% (w/v) were obtained, which will result in a significant reduction in the cost of downstream processing, compared with SSF of the lignocellulosic substrate alone. As an additional benefit, it is also possible to recover the protein-rich residue from the SWM in the process configurations presented, providing a valuable co-product.
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- Borbála Erdei
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, BMC D14, 221 84 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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Chandel AK, Gonçalves BCM, Strap JL, da Silva SS. Biodelignification of lignocellulose substrates: An intrinsic and sustainable pretreatment strategy for clean energy production. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2013; 35:281-93. [DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2013.841638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Glucose and xylose co-fermentation of pretreated wheat straw using mutants of S. cerevisiae TMB3400. J Biotechnol 2013; 164:50-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2012] [Revised: 11/27/2012] [Accepted: 12/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Tomás AF, Karagöz P, Karakashev D, Angelidaki I. Extreme thermophilic ethanol production from rapeseed straw: Using the newly isolatedThermoanaerobacter pentosaceusand combining it withSaccharomyces cerevisiaein a two-step process. Biotechnol Bioeng 2013; 110:1574-82. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.24813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2012] [Revised: 11/29/2012] [Accepted: 12/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Enhanced Saccharification of Biologically Pretreated Wheat Straw for Ethanol Production. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2013; 169:1147-59. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-012-0054-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2012] [Accepted: 12/26/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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