Ethanol and amylase production by a newly isolated Clostridium sp.

Ueki, Atsuko; Hirono, Tatsuhiko; Sato, Eiji; Mitani, Asako; Ueki, Katsuji

doi:10.1007/bf00329407

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“…The genus Sedimentibacter is one of the predominant genus found in fermentation of Baijiu, thus it could be directly related to alcohols production [36]. It is noticeable that the genus Clostridium, which is composed by a high number of known alcohol producers through the conversion of glycerol and/or pyruvate into ethanol and/or butanol [15,[37][38][39], was detected for both pretreatments all along the process, without any significant variations. This genus has thus likely an important role in the production of both ethanol and butanol in both thermal and acidic-thermal pretreatments.…”

Section: Cidictectedmentioning

confidence: 92%

Microbial Communities Performing Hydrogen Solventogenic Metabolism of Volatile Fatty Acids

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1AbstractBackgroundProduction of alcohols from wastes through biological processes is environmentally and economically interesting, since they can be valorized as drop-in liquid fuels, which have a high market value. Using microbial mixed cultures in such processes is of great interest since it confers more stability, a higher resistance to both toxicity and contamination, and an increased substrate flexibility. However, there is still a lack of fundamental knowledge on such microbial populations used as inoculum in solventogenic processes. This work evaluates the effect of four different physicochemical pretreatments (acidic, thermal, acidic-thermal and thermal-acidic) on an anaerobic inoculum used for alcohols production from volatile fatty acids.ResultsAll experiments were conducted in single batches using acetate and butyrate as substrates, at 30°C and with a pressurized headspace of pure H2 at 2182 mBar. Higher productions of both ethanol and butanol were achieved with both thermal and acidic-thermal pretreatments of the inoculum. The highest concentrations of ethanol and butanol produced were respectively of 122 mg.L−1 and 97 mg.L−1 for the thermal pretreatment (after 710 hours), and of 87 mg.L−1 and 143 mg.L−1 for the acidic-thermal pretreatment (after 210 hours). Butyrate was consumed and acetate was produced in all assays. A mass balance study indicated that the inoculum provided part of the substrate. Thermodynamic data indicated that a high H2 partial pressure favored solventogenic metabolic pathways. Finally, sequencing data showed that both thermal and acidic-thermal pretreatments selected mainly the bacterial genera Pseudomonas, Brevundimonas and Clostridium.ConclusionThe acidic-thermal pretreatment selected a bacterial community more adapted to the conversion of acetate and butyrate into ethanol and butanol, respectively. A higher production of ethanol was achieved with the thermal pretreatment, but at a slower rate. The thermal-acidic pretreatment was unstable, showing a huge variability between replicates. The acidic pretreatment showed the lowest alcohol production, almost negligible as compared to the control assay.

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Section: Cidictectedmentioning

confidence: 92%

Microbial Communities Performing Hydrogen Solventogenic Metabolism of Volatile Fatty Acids

Mockaitis

Bruant

Foresti

et al. 2021

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“…The genus Sedimentibacter is one of the predominant genus found in the fermentation of Baijiu, and it could be directly related to alcohol production [49]. It is noticeable that the genus Clostridium, which is composed of a high number of known alcohol producers [15,[50][51][52], was detected for both pretreatments all along the process, without any significant variations. The genus Clostridium usually produces alcohol by converting glycerol and pyruvate into ethanol and butanol.…”

Section: Cidictectedmentioning

confidence: 94%