Continuous fermentation studies with xylose-utilizing recombinant Zymomonas mobilis |
| |
Authors: | Lawford Hugh G Rousseau Joyce D Mohagheghi Ali McMillan James D |
| |
Institution: | (1) Bio-engineering Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, M5S 1A8 Toronto, Ontario, Canada;(2) National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Biotechnology Center for Fuels and Chemicals, 1617 Cole Boulevard, 80401-3393 Golden, CO |
| |
Abstract: | This study examined the continuous cofermentation performance characteristics of a dilute-acid “prehydrolysate-adapted” recombinant
Zymomonas 39676:pZB4L and builds on the pH-stat batch fermentations with this recombinant that we reported on last year. Substitution
of yeast extract by 1% (w/v) corn steep liquor (CSL) (50% solids) and Mg (2 mM) did not alter the coferm entation performance.
Using declared assumptions, the cost of using CSL and Mg was estimated to be 12.5c/gal of ethanol with a possibility of 50%
cost reduction using fourfold less CSL with 0.1% diammonium phosphate. Because of competition for a common sugar transporter
that exhibits a higher affinity for glucose, utilization of glucose was complete whereas xylose was always present in the
chemostat effluent. The ethanol yield, based on sugar used, was 94% of theoretical maximum. Altering the sugar ratio of the
synthetic dilute acid hardwood prehydrolysate did not appear to significantly change the pattern of xylose utilization. Using
a criterion of 80% sugar utilization for determining the maximum dilution rate (D
max), changing the composition of the feed from 4% xylose to 3%, and simultaneously increasing the glucose from 0.8 to 1.8% shifted
D
max from 0.07 to 0.08/h. With equal amounts of both sugars (2.5%), D
max was 0.07/h. By comparison to a similar investigation with rec Zm CP4:pZB5 with a 4% equal mixture of xylose and glucose,
we observed that at pH 5.0, the D
max was 0.064/h and shifted to 0.084/h at pH 5.75. At a level of 0.4% (w/v) acetic acid in the CSL-based medium with 3% xylose
and 1.8% glucose at pH 5.75, the D
max for the adapted recombinant shifted from 0.08 to 0.048/h, and the corresponding maximum volumetric ethanol productivity decreased
45%, from 1.52 to 0.84 g/(L·h). Under these conditions of continuous culture, linear regression of a Pirt plot of the specific
rate of sugar utilization vs D showed that 4 g/L of acetic acid did not affect the maximum growth yield (0.030 g dry cell mass/g sugar), but did increase
the maintenance coefficient twofold, from 0.46 to 1.0 g of sugar/(g of cell·h). |
| |
Keywords: | Recombinant Zymomonas continuous cofermentation xylose biomass hydrolysate ethanol yield acetic acid maintenance coefficient |
本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |
|