An economical biorefinery process for propionic acid production from glycerol and potato juice using high cell density fermentation

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 135, Issue , 2013, Pages 504-512

  Dishisha, Tarek ^a   Ståhl, Åke ^b   Lundmark, Stefan ^c   Hatti Kaul, Rajni ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Strategic R and D   (Sweden)

^c Perstorp AB Innovation ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biorefinery; Cell recycle; High cell density fermentation; Organic acid; Platform chemical

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FERMENTATION; GLYCEROL; ORGANIC ACIDS; REFINING; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; BIOREFINERIES; CELL RECYCLE; GLYCEROL CONCENTRATION; HIGH CELL DENSITY FERMENTATIONS; PLATFORM CHEMICALS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACIDIPROPIONICI; SUSTAINABLE PROCESS;

PROPIONIC ACID;

ACETIC ACID; GLYCEROL; PROPIONIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID;

FERMENTATION; ORGANIC ACID; POTATO; STARCH;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DENSITY; ECONOMICS; FERMENTATION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACIDIPROPIONICI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

1-PROPANOL; ACETIC ACID; ALKALIES; BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FERMENTATION; GLYCEROL; KINETICS; NITROGEN; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROPIONATES; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SUCCINIC ACID;

EID: 84876703901     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.08.098     Document Type: Article

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