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BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING
卷 113, 期 12, 页码 2597-2604出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/bit.26024
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medium-chain fatty acids; mixed-culture fermentation; chain elongation; the MixAlco process
Medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA, e.g., caproic, heptanoic, caprylic acid) are more valuable than short-chain fatty acids (SCFA, e.g., acetic, propionic, butyric, valeric acid). SCFAs are major products in methane-inhibited mixed-culture anaerobic fermentation. By feeding ethanol to the fermentor, MCFA formation is enhanced through chain elongation. Microorganisms such as Clostridium kluyveri elongate short-chain acids by combining them with alcohol. Very low ethanol concentration reduces chain elongation rates, whereas very high ethanol concentrations inhibit microorganisms. To maximize MCFA production, different ethanol concentrations were investigated in the mixed-culture fermentation of office paper and chicken manure. At 10g/L ethanol concentration, 10g/L MCFA was formed. High ethanol concentrations (above 40g/L) inhibit microorganisms resulting in no chain elongation. For chain elongation, propanol was found to be more inhibitory than ethanol. The data suggest that MCFA production will increase by continuously extracting MCFA and maintaining 5-10g/L ethanol concentration by periodic addition. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2016;113: 2597-2604. (c) 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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