Summary
A mesophilic cellulolytic Clostridium has been isolated and coculture of this Clostridium and Clostridium acetobutylicum was established. In 9 days, 7 g/l of Solka Floc were fermented by the monculture. During the same time of incubation, 20 g/l of Solka Floc were degraded by the coculture, and 27 g/l in 8 days in a fed batch fermentation. Only the first phase of the acetone butanol fermentation (acid formation) was observed.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
AlEXANDER, J.K., CONNORS, R. and YAMAMOTO, N. (1981). Advances in Biotechnology. Vol. 2. p. 125–130. Pergamon Press.
AVGERINOS, G.C., FANG, H.Y., BIOCIC, I. and WANG, D.I.C. (1981) Advances in Biotechnology. Vol. 2. p. 119–124. Pergamon Press.
BEESCH, S.C. (1952) Ind. Eng. Chem. 44, 1677–1682.
COMPERE, A.L. and GRIFFITH, W.L. (1979). Dev. Ind. Microbiol. 20, 509–517.
Giallo, J., Gaudin, C., Belaich, J.P., Petitdemange, E. and Caillet, F. (1983) Appl. Environ. Microbiol. In press.
KHAN, A.W. and MURRAY, W.D. (1982) Biotechnology Letters. 4, 177–180.
MILLER, G.L., BLUM, R., GLENNON, W.E. and BURTON, A.L. (1960). Anal. Biochem. 2, 127–132.
NG, K.T., BEN-BASSAT, A. and ZEIKUS, J.G. (1981) Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 41, 1337–1343.
Petitdemange, E., Caillet, F., Giallo, J., Gaudin, C. and Belaich, J.P. (1983). Intr. J. Sys. Bacteriol. Submitted for publication.
SADDLER, J.N., CHAN, K.H. and LOUIS-SEIZE, G. (1981) Biotechnology Letters 3, 321–326.
WEIMER, P.J. and ZEIKUS, J.G. (1977) Appl. Environm. Microbiol. 33, 289–297.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Petitdemange, E., Fond, O., Caillet, F. et al. A novel one step process for cellulose fermentation using mesophilic cellulolytic and glycolytic Clostridia. Biotechnol Lett 5, 119–124 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00132170
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00132170