Optimized acid hydrolysis of the polysaccharides from the seaweed Solieria filiformis (Kützing) P.W. Gabrielson for bioethanol production

Autor: George Meredite Cunha de Castro, Norma Maria Barros Benevides, Maulori Curié Cabral, Rafael de Souza Miranda, Enéas Gomes Filho, Maria Valderez Ponte Rocha, Marjory Lima Holanda Araújo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, Vol 39, Iss 4 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1679-9283
1807-863X
DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v39i4.37227
Popis: The seaweeds are bio-resource rich in sulfated and neutral polysaccharides. The tropical seaweed species used in this study (Solieria filiformis), after dried, shows 65.8% (w/w) carbohydrate, 9.6% (w/w) protein, 1.7% (w/w) lipid, 7.0% (w/w) moisture and 15.9% (w/w) ash. The dried seaweed was easily hydrolyzed under mild conditions (0.5 M sulfuric acid, 20 min.), generating fermentable monosaccharides with a maximum hydrolysis efficiency of 63.21%. Galactose and glucose present in the hydrolyzed were simultaneously fermented by Saccharomyces cerevisiae when the yeast was acclimated to galactose and cultivated in broth containing only galactose. The kinetic parameters of the fermentation of the seaweed hydrolyzed were Y(P⁄S) = 0.48 ± 0.02 g.g−1, PP = 0.27 ± 0.04 g.L−1.h−1, h = 94.1%, representing a 41% increase in bioethanol productivity. Therefore, S. filiformis was a promising renewable resource of polysaccharides easily hydrolyzed, generating a broth rich in fermentable monosaccharides for ethanol production.
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