Biotechnology Letters

, Volume 4, Issue 4, pp 247–252 | Cite as

Butanol production of Clostridium acetobutylicum grown on sugars found in hemicellulose hydrolysates

  • M. Mes-Hartree
  • J. N. Saddler
Article

Summary

Clostridium acetobutylicum was grown on a variety of different media and assayed for enhanced butanol production. Butanol values of about 90% of theoretical were obtained when glucose was used as the substrate. Five other sugars were assayed and the order of butanol production using these substrates was cellobiose>mannose>arabinose>xylose >galactose. The addition of calcium carbonate to the media to enhance xylose utilized was beneficial although lower butanol values were obtained.

Keywords

Glucose Calcium Sugar Organic Chemistry Xylose 
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© Science and Technology Letters 1982

Authors and Affiliations

  • M. Mes-Hartree
    • 1
  • J. N. Saddler
    • 1
  1. 1.Biotechnology Group, Eastern Laboratory, Forintek Canada Corp.OttawaCanada

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