Clostridium strain co-cultures for biohydrogen production enhancement from condensed molasses fermentation solubles

Fermentative hydrogen production from wastewaters: A review and prognosis

“…Therefore, mixed culture systems seem to be more effective for the desired purpose. Hsiao et al [11] utilized the co-culture of two isolated strains (i.e., Clostridium sporosphaeroides F52 and C. pasteurianum F40) to produce biohydrogen. In this co-culture system, the C. sporosphaeroides F52 strain first degraded the carbohydrate and glutamate in the wastewater, and then C. pasteurianum F40 used the degraded hexose to produce biohydrogen at a high production rate.…”

Firmicutes with iron dependent hydrogenase drive hydrogen production in anaerobic bioreactor using distillery wastewater

“…It belongs to Firmicute phylum and has been reported in hydrogen production using various substrates like glucose [47], sucrose [45], xylose [46], starch [47], lactose [48] and sweet potato resides [49]. Clostridium sporosphaeroides F52, C. tyrobutyricum F4, C. pasteurianum F40, have been used as co-cultures to enhance hydrogen production [50,51]. In the present studies, molasses spent wash generated from distilleries has been used as raw material.…”

Comparative analysis and improvement of the 2-CSTRs anaerobic digestion system on biofuel production

“…Hierarchical split-phase anaerobic digestion can be of some advantage in making the process more efficient to product renewable energy and more resistant to shock loading [9] . However, in earlier works on hierarchical split-phase anaerobic digestion, few measurements on simultaneous biofuel production have been reported in literature [10,11,12] . The fermentation pattern of the acidogenic phase is an important consideration for higher bioenergy production in a two-phase anaerobic digestion system.…”

“…However, the production of hydrogen, ethanol and methane may be superior in producing biofuel. Previous works on continuous operation studies have revealed the mechanism and optimal parameters for biogas production, and insufficient information is available on biological energy production from molasses in a mixed microbial community culture [10,11,18] .…”