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The production of acetate from the fermentation of lactate by Gluconobacter oxydans was studied. Batch experiments showed that glucose was the preferred substrate compared to lactate. A fed-batch culture was fed with a mixture of glucose and lactate followed by periodic addition of lactate. The maximum productivity of acetate was 0.16 g/l h but this value decreased during the fedbatch culture due to growth inhibition by acetate.
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Poget, C., Dubuis, B. & von Stockar, U. Acetate production from lactate and glucose fermentation by Gluconobacter oxydans . Biotechnol Lett 16, 1293–1298 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00149634
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