Xylitol production from wood hydrolyzates by entrapped Debaryomyces hansenii and Candida guilliermondii cells

Debaryomyces hansenii cells were entrapped in Ca-alginate beads and used for producing xylitol from wood hydrolyzates. Batch experiments showed that bioconversion was severely hindered when Ca-alginate beads were hardened with Al³⁺ solutions. As an alternative to Al³⁺ hardening, the improvements in both mechanical stability of bioparticles and fermenting ability of the immobilized system derived from using increased concentrations of sodium alginate were assessed. The best results were obtained using a 4% (w/v) Na-alginate solution in the gelification step. This concentration was selected to perform continuous fermentations in a packed-bed reactor using raw or charcoal-treated hydrolyzates (15.5 g of xylose/L) with two different yeasts: Candida guilliermondii and Debaryomyces hansenii. With a final cell concentration of about 50 g of cells/L (0.075 g of cells/g of beads), the volumetric productivities reached with these yeasts in media made from charcoal-treated hydrolyzates were 0.58 and 0.91 g/L·h, respectively.     

Xylitol production from hardwood hemicellulose hydrolysates by Pachysolen tannophilus, Debaryomyces hansenii, and Candida guilliermondii

Three different yeasts, Pachysolen tannophilus, Debaryomyces hansenii, and Candida guilliermondii, were evaluated to ferment xylose solutions prepared from hardwood hemicellulose hydrolysates, among which P. tannophilus proved to be the most promising microorganism. However, the presence of both lignin-derived compounds (LDC) and acetic acid rendered a poor fermentation. To enhance the fermentation kinetics, different treatments to purify the hydrolysates were studied, including overliming, charcoal adsorption for LDC removal, and evaporation for acetic acid and furfural stripping. Under the best operating conditions assayed, 39.5g/L of xylitol were achieved after 96 h of fermentation, which corresponds to a volumetric productivity of 0.41 g/L·h and a yield of product on consumed substrate of 0.63 g _p /g_S.     

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Contribution of Tris Buffer on Xylitol Enzymatic Production

Xylitol enzymatic production can be an alternative to chemical and microbial processes, because of advantages like higher conversion efficiency. However, for an adequate conversion, it is necessary to investigate the effect of many parameters, such as buffer initial concentration, pH, temperature, agitation, etc. In this context, the objective of this work was to evaluate xylitol enzymatic production under different Tris buffer initial concentrations in order to determine the best condition for this parameter to begin the reaction. The best results were obtained when Tris buffer initial concentration was 0.22 M, reaching 0.31 g L^?1 h^?1 xylitol volumetric productivity with 99% xylose–xylitol conversion efficiency. Although the increase in buffer concentration allowed better pH maintenance, it hindered the catalysis. The results demonstrate that this bioreaction is greatly influenced by involved ions concentrations.     

Characterization of xylitol dehydrogenase from debaryomyces hansenii

The xylitol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.9) from xylose-grown cells ofDebaryomyces hansenii was partially purified in two Chromatographic steps, and characterization studies were carried out in order to inves tigate the role of the xylitol dehydrogenase-catalyzed step in the regu lation of D-xylose metabolism. The enzyme was most active at pH 9.0–9.5, and exhibited a broad polyol specificity. The Michaelis con stants for xylitol and NAD⁺ were 16.5 and 0.55 mM, respectively. Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, and Mn²⁺ did not affect the enzyme activity. Conversely, Zn²⁺, Cd²⁺, and Co²⁺ strongly inhibited the enzyme activity. It was concluded that NAD⁺-xylitol dehydrogenase from D.hansenii has similarities with other xylose-fermenting yeasts in respect to optimal pH, substrate specificity, and K_m value for xylitol, and therefore should be named L-iditol:NAD⁺-5-oxidoreductase (EC 1.1.1.14). The reason D.hansenii is a good xylitol producer is not because of its value of K_m for xylitol, which is low enough to assure its fast oxidation by NAD⁺ xylitol dehydrogenase. However, a higher K_m value of xylitol dehydro genase for NAD⁺ compared to theK _m values of other xylose-ferment ing yeasts may be responsible for the higher xylitol yields.     

Synthesis of New Thiazine and Thiosemicarbazone Derivatives from D-Xylose

Thioureas have strong antifungal activities1 and their antimicrobial and insecticidal properties have been documented for more than fifty years2. Recently thiourea derivatives have been reported to possess antitubercular, antithyroid and anticancer3 prope…     

Biotechnological Production of Xylitol: Enhancement of Monosaccharide Production by Post-Hydrolysis of Dilute Acid Sugarcane Hydrolysate

Dilute-acid hydrolysis pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse resulted in release of 48% (18.4 g/L) of the xylan in the hemicellulose fraction into the hydrolysate as monomeric xylose. In order to enhance the recuperation of this monomer, a post-hydrolysis stage consisted of thermal treatment was carried out. This treatment resulted in an increase in xylose release of 62% (23.5 g/L) of the hemicellulose fraction. Original and post-hydrolysates were concentrated to the same levels of monomeric xylose in the fermentor feed. During the fermentation process, cellular growth was observed to be higher in the post-hydrolysate (3.5 g/L, Y _x/s?=?0.075 g cells/g xylose) than in the original hydrolysate (2.9 g/L, Y _x/s?=?0.068 g cells/g xylose). The post-treated hydrolysate required less concentration of sugars resulting in a lower concentration of fermentation inhibitors, which were formed primarily in the dilute acid hydrolysis step. Post-hydrolysis step led to a high xylose–xylitol conversion efficiency of 76% (0.7 g xylitol/g xylose) and volumetric productivity of 0.68 g xylitol/L h when compared to 71% (0.65 g xylitol/g xylose and productivity of 0.61 g xylitol/L h) for the original hemicellulosic hydrolysate.     

Bioprocess Design for the Microbial Production of Natural Phenolic Compounds by Debaryomyces hansenii

Debaryomyces hansenii NRRL Y-7426 metabolised ferulic acid into different phenolic compounds using a factorial design where glucose concentration (in the range of 1?C20?g/L), peptone concentration (2?C20?g/L) and yeast extract concentration (0.2?C10?g/L) were the independent variables. The interrelationship between dependent and operational variables was well fitted (R ²?>?0.95) to models including linear, interaction and quadratic terms. Depending on the glucose and nitrogen concentrations, which redirected the metabolism, the major degradation products were 1,226.2?mg 4-vinyl guaiacol/L after 72?h (molar yield of 86.0?%), 1,077.8?mg vanillic acid/L after 360?h (molar yield of 91.1?%) or 1,682.6?mg acetovanillone/L after 408?h (molar yield of 98.8?%) in fermentations carried out with 2,000?mg ferulic acid/L. Other metabolites such as vanillin, vanillyl alcohol or 4-ethylguaiacol were present in lower amounts.     

A Convenient Synthesis of Sphingosine and Ceramide from D-Xylose or D-Galactose

Ceramide, i.e., N-fatty acylated sphingosine and its homolog, is a highly heterogeneous and hydrophobic component of the glycosphingolipids¹ such as gangliosides,² which may play important roles in the surface region of the biological membranes.     

Kinetic Characteristics of Xylitol Crystallization from Aqueous-Ethanolic Solutions

The kinetics of xylitol crystallization from aqueous-ethanolic solutions as a function of the initialsolution supersaturation, solvent composition, temperature was studied. The effect of solvent compositionon the rate of the xylitol bulk crystallization was considered.     

Die Bestimmung von D-Xylose im Blut

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Enhanced Production of Bacterial Cellulose by Using Gluconacetobacter hansenii NCIM 2529 Strain Under Shaking Conditions

Bacterial cellulose (BC), a biopolymer, due to its unique properties is valuable for production of vital products in food, textile, medicine, and agriculture. In the present study, the optimal fermentation conditions for enhanced BC production by Gluconacetobacter hansenii NCIM 2529 were investigated under shaking conditions. The investigation on media components and culture parameters revealed that 2 % (w/v) sucrose as carbon source, 0.5 % (w/v) potassium nitrate as nitrogen source, 0.4 % (w/v) disodium phosphate as phosphate source, 0.04 % (w/v) magnesium sulfate, and 0.8 % (w/v) calcium chloride as trace elements, pH?5.0, temperature 25 °C, and agitation speed 170 rpm with 6 days of fermentation period are optimal for maximum BC production. Production of BC using optimized media components and culture parameters was 1.66 times higher (5.0 g/l) than initial non optimized media (3.0 g/l). Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy spectrum and comparison with the available literature suggests that the produced component by G. hansenii in the present study is pure bacterial cellulose. The specific action of cellulase out of the investigated hydrolytic enzymes (cellulase, amylase, and protease) further confirmed purity of the produced BC. These findings give insight into conditions necessary for enhanced production of bacterial cellulose, which can be used for a variety of applications.     

A Practical Asymmetric Synthesis of A Pseudomonic Acid Precursor from D-Arabinose or D-Xylose

The asymmetric synthesis of multi-gram quantities of a pseudomonic acid precursor is described. Improvements on the literature synthesis of diacetyl arabinal from arabinose are also reported.     

Xylitol Production by Genetically Engineered Trichoderma reesei Strains Using Barley Straw as Feedstock

Xylitol, a naturally occurring five-carbon sugar alcohol derived from d-xylose, is currently in high demand by industries. Trichoderma reesei, a prolific industrial cellulase and hemicellulase producing fungus, is able to selectively use d-xylose from hemicelluloses for xylitol production. The xylitol production by T. reesei can be enhanced by genetic engineering of blocking further xylitol metabolism in the d-xylose pathway. We have used two different T. reesei strains which are impaired in the further metabolism of xylitol including a single mutant in which the xylitol dehydrogenase gene was deleted (?xdh1) and a double mutant where additionally l-arabinitol-4-dehydrogenase, an enzyme which can partially compensate for xylitol dehydrogenase function, was deleted (?lad1?xdh1). Barely straw was first pretreated using NaOH and Organosolv pretreatment methods. The highest xylitol production of 6.1 and 13.22 g/L was obtained using medium supplemented with 2 % Organosolv-pretreated barley straw and 2 % d-xylose by the ?xdh1 and ?lad1?xdh1 strains, respectively.     

A High Performance Preparative Procedure for the Isolation of Degradation Products from D-Xylose

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An improved method for the preparative isolation of 3,8 dihydroxy-2-methylchromone, formed by degradation of D-xylose at 100°C is presented. From the ethyl acetate extractable part of the reaction mixture the chromone was isolated by preparative HPLC in less than one hour using a highly cross-linked dextran gel.     

Repeated Batch Cell-Immobilized System for the Biotechnological Production of Xylitol as a Renewable Green Sweetener

The present paper studies the biotechnological production of xylitol using sugarcane bagasse hydrolysate in a repeated batch fermentation system with immobilized cells of Candida guilliermondii FTI20037. Immobilized cell system is considered as an attractive alternative to reuse the well-grown and adapted yeast cells in a new fresh fermentation media, without the need of the inoculum stage. In this work, seven repeated batches were performed in a fluidized bed bioreactor using immobilized cells in calcium alginate beads. According to the obtained results it was observed that the immobilized cells of C. guilliermondii can be reused for six successive batches maintaining an average xylitol yield (Y _p/s) of 0.7 g/L and a volumetric productivity (Q _p) of 0.42 g/L?h at the end of 432 h of fermentation. On the other hand, in the seventh batch (504 h), a decrease of 44 % in the final concentration of xylitol was observed. This reduction can be explained by the possible diffusion and accumulation of insoluble substances, found in the hemicellulosic hydrolysate, in the interior of the immobilization support resulting in substrate mass transfer limitations.     

Chiral Epoxides for Leukotriene Syntheses : A D-Xylose Approach

Characterization of SRS-A, an important mediator of asthma and other hypersensitivity processes, was not achieved until 1979¹. It has been proposed that leukotriene A₄ (LTA₄) is the short-lived key biochemical intermediate which can be either converted to LTB₄ by enzymatic hydration or to LTC₄, a precursor to LTD₄ and LTE₄, by glutathine transfer₂. Therefore, in order to mimic the biosynthetic pathway, LTA₄ has been the prime synthetic target³. A survey of the various methods described in the literature clearly shows the pivotal status of the key-synthons, methyl 7-hydroxy-5, 6-epoxyheptanoates (e.g. 4 and 6).     

Solar State 1H and 13C NMR Studies of Melanoidins Synthesized from D-Xylose and Glycine

Parameters affecting ¹³C CP/MAS NMR spectra of solid melanoidins (in particular ¹H T₁, T₁₀ and the cross polarization time t_cp) have been obtained with the aim of determining the optimum conditions necessary for quantitative studies. Melanoidins were synthesized at 22[ddot], 68[ddot] and 100 [ddot]C, from molar solutions of D-xylose and glycine. The ¹H T₁₀ values for all melanoidins were similar. Single exponential ¹H T₁ and ¹H T₁₀ relaxation curves were observed for all three polymers, suggesting that the mace-rials were relatively homogenenous. An increase in T₁'s with an increase in unsaturation was also observed. The optimum conditions for quantifying the different types of C were found to be t_cp = 2 msec., recycling time 2 sec. and for these conditions, the melanoidins synthesized at 22[ddot]C showed 18% unsaturation, 18% carboxyl and amide C, while the melanoidin synthesized at 100 [ddot]C showed 28 and 11% respectively. Solid state ¹H NMR lineshapes were obtained and these consisted in all three melanoidins of a broad and a narrow component attributed to the protons of the polymer core and the protons of the mobile side chains or methyl groups respectively.