Fermentation of sweet sorghum derived sugars to butyric acid at high titer and productivity by a moderate thermophile Clostridium thermobutyricum at 50°C

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 198, Issue , 2015, Pages 533-539

  Wang, Liang ^a   Ou, Mark S ^a   Nieves, Ismael ^a   Erickson, John E ^a   Vermerris, Wilfred ^a   Ingram, L O ^a   Shanmugam, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Butyrate; Clostridium thermobutyricum; Fermentation; Sweet sorghum bagasse; Sweet sorghum juice

Indexed keywords

BAGASSE; CELLULOSE; CLOSTRIDIUM; FERMENTATION; PRODUCTIVITY; SUGARS;

BUTYRATE; CELLULOSE AND HEMICELLULOSE; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOBUTYRICUM; MICROBIAL BIOCATALYSTS; SWEET SORGHUM BAGASSE; SWEET SORGHUM JUICES; SWEET SORGHUM STALKS; VOLUMETRIC PRODUCTIVITY;

BUTYRIC ACID;

BAGASSE; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CELLULOSE; HEMICELLULOSE; LIGNIN; BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; PEPTONE; POLYSACCHARIDE; TRYPTONES;

CATALYST; CELLULOSE; FERMENTATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SORGHUM; SUGAR; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; YEAST;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOBUTYRICUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; FERMENTATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORGHUM; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BUTYRIC ACID; FERMENTATION; PRODUCTIVITY; SORGHUM; SUGARS;

CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOBUTYRICUM;

BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELLULOSE; CLOSTRIDIUM; FERMENTATION; PEPTONES; POLYSACCHARIDES; SORGHUM;

EID: 84942813959     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.09.062     Document Type: Article

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