Title
Production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of cereal mash using Halomonas boliviensis
Date Issued
15 October 2016
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
University of Santiago de Compostela
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
The production of biodegradable polymer poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) by the halophilic bacterium Halomonas boliviensis, using cereal mash as the carbon source, was carried out in this study. Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) methodology, commonly used in first generation (1G) biorefineries, was applied in order to evaluate the integration of PHB production in a bioethanol plant. Separate hydrolysis and fermentation (SHF) was compared to the SSF process based on the results of overall mass balance and productivities. The highest PHB production (26 g L−1) was obtained by applying the SSF configuration, which was 60% higher than the value reached with the SHF mode. Moreover, the application of the SSF mode permitted a 47% reduction in the overall processing time. This study demonstrates, for the first time, the feasibility of applying an SSF process for producing PHB from a real cereal mash and its integration within a 1G ethanol biorefinery.
Start page
140
End page
146
Volume
114
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
IngenierÃa quÃmica
AgronomÃa
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84978191642
Source
Biochemical Engineering Journal
ISSN of the container
1369703X
Sponsor(s)
This work was economically supported by the CDTI (Project CEN-20091040) and also supported by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain through the Local Investment Fund for Employment â¿¿ Government of Spain. The authors belong to the Galician Competitive Research Group GRC 2013-032 (program co-funded by FEDER) and to the strategic group CRETUS (AGRUP2015/02).
Sources of information:
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