Butanol fermentation of the brown seaweed Laminaria digitata by Clostridium beijerinckii DSM-6422

Autor: Xiaoru Hou, Anne Belinda Bjerre, Nikolaj From, Irini Angelidaki, Wouter J. J. Huijgen
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Hou, X, From, N, Angelidaki, I, Huijgen, W J J & Bjerre, A B 2017, ' Butanol fermentation of the brown seaweed Laminaria digitata by Clostridium beijerinckii DSM-6422 ', Bioresource Technology, vol. 238, pp. 16-21 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2017.04.035
Bioresource Technology
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.04.035
Popis: Seaweed represents an abundant, renewable, and fast-growing biomass resource for 3rd generation biofuel production. This study reports an efficient butanol fermentation process carried out by Clostridium beijerinckii DSM-6422 using enzymatic hydrolysate of the sugar-rich brown seaweed Laminaria digitata harvested from the coast of the Danish North Sea as substrate. The highest butanol yield (0.42 g/gconsumed-substrates) compared to literature was achieved, with a significantly higher butanol: acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) molar ratio (0.85) than typical (0.6). This demonstrates the possibility of using the seaweed L. digitata as a potential biomass for butanol production. For the first time, consumption of alginate components was observed by C. beijerinckii DSM-6422. The efficient utilization of sugars and lactic acid further highlighted the potential of using this strain for future development of large-scale cost-effective butanol production based on (ensiled) seaweed.
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