Acetone butanol fermentation on glucose and xylose. I. Regulation and kinetics in batch cultures

Journal Article · Sat Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1986 · Biotechnol. Bioeng.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.260280203· OSTI ID:6200017

Fond, O; Engasser, J M; Matta-El-Amouri, G; Petitdemange, H

The kinetics in batch culture of the acetone butanol fermentation by Clostridium acetobutylicum is compared on glucose, xylose, and mixtures of both sugars. The fastest initial growth and transition from an acid to a solvent metabolism occurs on glucose, with a final 62 g/L glucose conversion. On xylose, an initial slower growth rate and a longer metabolic transition result in higher cellular and acids concentration, thus in a level of fermented sugar limited to 47 g/L. Batch fermentations on mixtures of glucose and xylose show that both sugars can be fermented, with a higher rate for glucose. However, xylose fermentation is inducible and inhibited at glucose level above 15 g/L. Mixtures of glucose and xylose yield the highest amount of fermented sugars, up to 68 g/L, as a result of both a fast metabolic transition on glucose and a strong acid reconsumption on xylose. In all cases, solvent production is triggered at a total acid concentration between 4 and 5 g/L, whereas the final inhibition of the fermentation takes place at a total butanol and acid concentration between 18 and 20 g/L.

• Research Organization: Laboratoire des Sciences du Genie Chimique, Nancy Cedex, France
• OSTI ID: 6200017
• Journal Information: Biotechnol. Bioeng.; (United States), Journal Name: Biotechnol. Bioeng.; (United States) Vol. 28:2; ISSN BIBIA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ACETONE
ALCOHOLS
ALDEHYDES
BACTERIA
BATCH CULTURE
BIOCONVERSION
BUTANOLS
CARBOHYDRATES
CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS
CLOSTRIDIUM
CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM
DISPERSIONS
FERMENTATION
GLUCOSE
GROWTH
HEXOSES
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
KETONES
METABOLISM
METHANOGENIC BACTERIA
MICROORGANISMS
MIXTURES
MONOSACCHARIDES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PENTOSES
SACCHARIDES
SOLVENTS
XYLOSE
YIELDS