Fed-batch cultivation of Mucor indicus in dilute-acid lignocellulosic hydrolyzate for ethanol production
Journal article, 2005

Mucor indicus fermented dilute-acid lignocellulosic hydrolyzates to ethanol in fed-batch cultivation with complete hexose utilization and partial uptake of xylose. The fungus was tolerant to the inhibitors present in the hydrolyzates. It grew in media containing furfural (1 g/l), hydroxymethylfurfural (1 g/l), vanillin (1 g/l), or acetic acid (7 g/l), but did not germinate directly in the hydrolyzate. However, with fed-batch methodology, after initial growth of M. indicus in 500 ml enzymatic wheat hydrolyzate, lignocellulosic hydrolyzate was fermented with feeding rates 55 and 100 ml/h. The fungus consumed more than 46% of the initial xylose, while less than half of this xylose was excreted in the form of xylitol. The ethanol yield was 0.43 g/g total consumed sugar, and reached the maximum concentration of 19.6 g ethanol/l at the end of feeding phase. Filamentous growth, which is regarded as the main obstacle to large-scale cultivation of M. indicus, was avoided in the fed-batch experiments.

Author

K. Karimi

Chalmers

Isfahan University of Technology

Tomas Brandberg

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemical Reaction Engineering

Lars Edebo

University of Gothenburg

Mohammad Taherzadeh Esfahani

University of Borås

Biotechnology Letters

0141-5492 (ISSN) 1573-6776 (eISSN)

Vol. 27 18 1395-U1

Subject Categories

Industrial Biotechnology

DOI

10.1007/s10529-005-0688-2

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