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Use of Algae Biomass Obtained by Single-Step Mild Acid Hydrolysis in Hydrogen Production by the β-Glucosidase-Producing Clostridium beijerinckii Br21

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Macroalgae biomass is a potential feedstock for fermentative H2 production: it has high carbohydrate concentration and is lignin-free. Here, we optimize a mild acid treatment of Kappaphycus alvarezii biomass by an experimental design 24. The optimal acid treatment conditions were 90 °C, HCl concentration of 55.9 mmol/L, 0.375 g of algae mass, and 8 h of treatment. Under these conditions, the hydrolysate presented mono-, but also di- and oligosaccharides. We used this hydrolysate as substrate for fermentative hydrogen (H2) production by the Clostridium beijerinckii Br21 grown in two different conditions: (1) in medium containing galactose and no β-glucosidase activity; (2) in medium with cellobiose to stimulate β-glucosidase activity, which was 0.33U/mL. The fermentative assay conducted in the presence of the C. beijerinckii Br21 with β-glucosidase activity provided higher H2 concentration and yield as compared to the assay accomplished in the presence of the inoculum with no β-glucosidase activity—171.76 ± 2.10 and 140.95 ± 10.92 mL of H2/L, and 70.3 ± 0.9 and 62.7 ± 4.9 mL of H2/g of dry algae, respectively. Therefore, a fermentative β-glucosidase-producing organism such as C. beijerinckii Br21 can potentially complete biomass saccharification for later renewable H2 production.

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FAPESP Grant 2015/06074-1. BCF and GD received grants from CAPES; LPM and SC received scholarship from FAPESP.

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    Bruna Constante Fonseca, Giovanni Dalbelo, Sibeli Carli, Luana Parras Meleiro, Ana Lúcia Ribeiro Latorre Zimbardi, Rosa Prazeres Melo Furriel, Delia Rita Tapia & Valeria Reginatto

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    Valeria Cress Gelli

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Fonseca, B.C., Dalbelo, G., Gelli, V.C. et al. Use of Algae Biomass Obtained by Single-Step Mild Acid Hydrolysis in Hydrogen Production by the β-Glucosidase-Producing Clostridium beijerinckii Br21. Waste Biomass Valor 11, 1393–1402 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-018-0430-7

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