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Title: Expression of solvent-forming enzymes and onset of solvent production in batch cultures of Clostridium beijerinckii (Clostridium butylicum)

Abstract

Clostridium beijerinckii (Clostridium butylicum) NRRL B592 and NRRL B593 were grown in batch cultures without pH control. The use of more sensitive and accurate procedures for the determination of solvents in cultures led to the recognition of the onset of solvent production about 2 h earlier than the previously assigned point and at a higher culture pH for both strains. Reliable assays for solvent-forming enzyme activities in cell extracts have also been developed. The results showed that activities of solvent-forming enzymes in strain NRRL B592 started to increase about 1 h before the measured onset of solvent production and that the increase in activities of solvent-forming enzymes was not simultaneous. The degree of increase of these enzyme activities for both strains ranged from 2- to 165-fold, with acetoacetate decarboxylase and butanol-isopropanol dehydrogenase showing the largest activity increases. However, the pattern of increase of enzyme activities differed significantly in the two strains of C. beijerinckii. When an increase in solvent-forming enzyme activities was first detected in strain NRRL B592, the culture pH was at 5.7 and the concentrations of total acetic and butyric acids were 5.2 and 3.6 mM, respectively. For strain NRRL B593, the corresponding pH was 5.5. Thus, themore » culture conditions immediately preceding the expression of solvent-forming enzyme activities differed significantly from those that have been correlated with the production of solvents at later stages of growth.« less

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Research Org.:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ., Blacksburg (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
6970660
DOE Contract Number:  
FG05-85ER13368
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Appl. Environ. Microbiol.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 54:3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; SOLVENTS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ACETOACETATES; BATCH CULTURE; BUTANOLS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DECARBOXYLASES; FERMENTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; ALCOHOLS; BACTERIA; BIOCONVERSION; CARBON-CARBON LYASES; CARBOXY-LYASES; CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS; ENZYMES; HYDROXY COMPOUNDS; LYASES; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS; 090222* - Alcohol Fuels- Preparation from Wastes or Biomass- (1976-1989); 140504 - Solar Energy Conversion- Biomass Production & Conversion- (-1989)

Citation Formats

Yan, R T, Zhu, C, Golemboski, C, and Chen, J S. Expression of solvent-forming enzymes and onset of solvent production in batch cultures of Clostridium beijerinckii (Clostridium butylicum). United States: N. p., 1988. Web.
Yan, R T, Zhu, C, Golemboski, C, & Chen, J S. Expression of solvent-forming enzymes and onset of solvent production in batch cultures of Clostridium beijerinckii (Clostridium butylicum). United States.
Yan, R T, Zhu, C, Golemboski, C, and Chen, J S. 1988. "Expression of solvent-forming enzymes and onset of solvent production in batch cultures of Clostridium beijerinckii (Clostridium butylicum)". United States.
@article{osti_6970660,
title = {Expression of solvent-forming enzymes and onset of solvent production in batch cultures of Clostridium beijerinckii (Clostridium butylicum)},
author = {Yan, R T and Zhu, C and Golemboski, C and Chen, J S},
abstractNote = {Clostridium beijerinckii (Clostridium butylicum) NRRL B592 and NRRL B593 were grown in batch cultures without pH control. The use of more sensitive and accurate procedures for the determination of solvents in cultures led to the recognition of the onset of solvent production about 2 h earlier than the previously assigned point and at a higher culture pH for both strains. Reliable assays for solvent-forming enzyme activities in cell extracts have also been developed. The results showed that activities of solvent-forming enzymes in strain NRRL B592 started to increase about 1 h before the measured onset of solvent production and that the increase in activities of solvent-forming enzymes was not simultaneous. The degree of increase of these enzyme activities for both strains ranged from 2- to 165-fold, with acetoacetate decarboxylase and butanol-isopropanol dehydrogenase showing the largest activity increases. However, the pattern of increase of enzyme activities differed significantly in the two strains of C. beijerinckii. When an increase in solvent-forming enzyme activities was first detected in strain NRRL B592, the culture pH was at 5.7 and the concentrations of total acetic and butyric acids were 5.2 and 3.6 mM, respectively. For strain NRRL B593, the corresponding pH was 5.5. Thus, the culture conditions immediately preceding the expression of solvent-forming enzyme activities differed significantly from those that have been correlated with the production of solvents at later stages of growth.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6970660}, journal = {Appl. Environ. Microbiol.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 54:3,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1988},
month = {Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1988}
}