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Food Waste Fermentation to Fumaric Acid by Rhizopus arrhizus RH7-13

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Fumaric acid as a four-carbon unsaturated dicarboxylic acid is widely used in the food and chemical industries. Food waste (FW), rich in carbohydrates and protein, is a promising potential feedstock for renewable bio-based chemicals. In this research, we investigated the capability of Rhizopus arrhizus RH7-13 in producing fumaric acid from FW. The liquid fraction of the FW (L-FW) was proven to be the best seed culture medium in our research. When it was however used to be fermentation medium, the yield of fumaric acid reached 32.68 g/L, at a volumetric production of 0.34 g/L h. The solid fraction of FW mixed with water (S-FW) could also be used as fermentation medium when a certain amount of glucose was added, and the yield of fumaric acid reached 31.26 g/L. The results indicated that both fractions of FW could be well utilized in fermentation process and it could replace a part of common carbon, nitrogen, and nutrient. The process has an application potential since reducing the costs of raw materials.

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Abbreviations

FW:

food waste

T-FW:

whole food waste (without pretreatment)

L-FW:

liquid portion of food waste

S-FW:

solid portion of food waste mixed with certain amount of water

S-FWG:

glucose with S-FW

TS:

total solid

VS:

volatilizable solid

TOC:

total carbon

TON:

total nitrogen

C/N:

carbon/nitrogen (w/w)

S (%):

sulfur (wt, %)

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Acknowledgments

This research was financially supported by the Amoy Industrial Biotechnology R&D and Pilot Conversion Platform (No. 3502Z20121009), the international cooperation projects of Antrodia cinnamomea (No. 2015DFT30050), and the Ministry of Science and Technology Innovation Fund for Small and medium-sized enterprises (No. 14C26213511838).

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  1. Beijing Bioprocess Key Laboratory, College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, People’s Republic of China

    Huan Liu, Jingyuan Ma, Meng Wang, Weinan Wang, Li Deng, Kaili Nie, Xuemin Yue, Fang Wang & Tianwei Tan

  2. State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, People’s Republic of China

    Fang Wang

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Liu, H., Ma, J., Wang, M. et al. Food Waste Fermentation to Fumaric Acid by Rhizopus arrhizus RH7-13 . Appl Biochem Biotechnol 180, 1524–1533 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-016-2184-7

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