Influence of oxygen availability on cell growth and xylitol production by Candida guilliermondii |
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Authors: | Faria Luis F Figueiredo Gimenes Maria Antonieta P Nobrega Ronaldo Pereira Nei |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering of Lorena/Rod., Itajubá-Lorena km 74,5, 12600-000 Lorena-SP, Brazil;(2) COPPE and Department of Biochemical Eng.-EQ, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Abstract: | Oxygen availability is the most important environmental parameter in the production of xylitol by yeasts, directly affecting
yields and volumetric productivity. This work evaluated the cell behavior in fermentations carried out with different dissolved
oxygen concentrations (0.5–30.0% of saturation), as well as a limited oxygen restriction (0% of saturation), at several oxygen
volumetric transfer coefficients (12 ≤ k
L
a ≤ 70 h−1). These experiments allowed us to establish the specific oxygen uptake rate limits to ensure high yields and volumetric productivity.
When oxygen availability was limited, the specific oxygen uptake rate values were between 12 and 26 mg of O2/of g cell·h, resulting in a yield of 0.71 g of xylitol/xylose consumed, and 0.85 g/L·h] for the volumetric productivity.
According to the results, the effective control of the specific oxygen uptake rate makes it possible to establish complete
control over this fermentative process, for both cell growth and xylitol production. |
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Keywords: | Xylitol xylose aeration Candida guilliermondii oxygen availability |
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