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Title: A comparison of the effects of acetophenone, 1-hexanol, and hexane on S. cerevisiae and Z. mobilis in batch and continuous immobilized-cell culture

Abstract

The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has traditionally been employed in industrial ethanol production by fermentation because of its rapid specific growth and production rates in the presence of moderately high concentrations of alcohol. More recently, however, the bacterium Zymomonas mobilis has been used with success in laboratory studies. Although product formation by both organisms can be described by the same overall stoichiometric equation, there is an important metabolic difference between the two organisms. S. cerevisiae utilizes the Embden-Meyerhoff-Parnas pathway, which yields 2 mol of ATP/mol of glucose consumed. Z. mobilis, on the other hand, utilizes the Entner-Doudoroff pathway, which yields 1 mol of ATP/mol of glucose consumed. It has been postulated that, at the same specific growth rate, Z. mobilis would consume glucose at a rate at least twice as fast as that of S. cerevisiae, since only half as much energy is produced during the fermentations. The purpose of this paper is to compare the performance of Z mobilis and S cerevisiae in converting glucose to ethanol in the presence of various concentrations of impurities in both batch culture; overall ethanol productivity and column longevity are compared in continuous culture.

Authors:
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  1. Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Badger Engineers, Inc., Tampa, FL (United States); Solar Energy Research Inst., Golden, CO (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
431624
Report Number(s):
CONF-900512-
TRN: 96:006510-0067
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 12. symposium on biotechnology fuels and chemicals, Gatlinburg, TN (United States), 7-11 May 1990; Other Information: PBD: 1991; Related Information: Is Part Of Twelfth symposium on biotechnology for fuels and chemicals; Greenbaum, E. [ed.] [Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)]; Wyman, C.E. [ed.] [Solar Energy Research Inst., Golden, CO (United States)]; PB: 934 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; 55 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, BASIC STUDIES; ETHANOL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GLUCOSE; FERMENTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; METABOLISM; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; ACETOPHENONE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HEXANE; BIOMASS; BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS; EFFICIENCY; SOLID WASTES; AGRICULTURAL WASTES

Citation Formats

Wu, J J, Clausen, E C, and Gaddy, J L. A comparison of the effects of acetophenone, 1-hexanol, and hexane on S. cerevisiae and Z. mobilis in batch and continuous immobilized-cell culture. United States: N. p., 1991. Web.
Wu, J J, Clausen, E C, & Gaddy, J L. A comparison of the effects of acetophenone, 1-hexanol, and hexane on S. cerevisiae and Z. mobilis in batch and continuous immobilized-cell culture. United States.
Wu, J J, Clausen, E C, and Gaddy, J L. 1991. "A comparison of the effects of acetophenone, 1-hexanol, and hexane on S. cerevisiae and Z. mobilis in batch and continuous immobilized-cell culture". United States.
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title = {A comparison of the effects of acetophenone, 1-hexanol, and hexane on S. cerevisiae and Z. mobilis in batch and continuous immobilized-cell culture},
author = {Wu, J J and Clausen, E C and Gaddy, J L},
abstractNote = {The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has traditionally been employed in industrial ethanol production by fermentation because of its rapid specific growth and production rates in the presence of moderately high concentrations of alcohol. More recently, however, the bacterium Zymomonas mobilis has been used with success in laboratory studies. Although product formation by both organisms can be described by the same overall stoichiometric equation, there is an important metabolic difference between the two organisms. S. cerevisiae utilizes the Embden-Meyerhoff-Parnas pathway, which yields 2 mol of ATP/mol of glucose consumed. Z. mobilis, on the other hand, utilizes the Entner-Doudoroff pathway, which yields 1 mol of ATP/mol of glucose consumed. It has been postulated that, at the same specific growth rate, Z. mobilis would consume glucose at a rate at least twice as fast as that of S. cerevisiae, since only half as much energy is produced during the fermentations. The purpose of this paper is to compare the performance of Z mobilis and S cerevisiae in converting glucose to ethanol in the presence of various concentrations of impurities in both batch culture; overall ethanol productivity and column longevity are compared in continuous culture.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1991},
month = {Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1991}
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