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Various processes which producel-lactic acid using ammonia-tolerant mutant strain,Rhizopus sp. MK-96-1196, in a 3 L airlift bioreactor were evaluated. When the fed-batch culture was carried out by keeping the glucose concentration at 30 g/l, more than 140 g/l ofl-lactic acid was produced with a product yield of 83%. In the case of the batch culture with 200 g/l of initial glucose concentration, 121 g/L ofl-lactic acid was obtained but the low product yield based on the amount of glucose consumed. In the case of a continuous culture, 1.5 g/l/h of the volumetric productivity with a product yield of 71% was achieved at dilution rate of 0.024 h−1. Basis on these results three processes were evaluated by simple variable cost estimation including carbon source, steam, and waste treatment costs. The total variable costs of the fed-batch and continuous cultures were 88% and 140%, respectively, compared to that of batch culture. The fed-batch culture with highl-lactic acid concentration and high product yield decreased variable costs, and was the best-suited for the industrial production ofl-lactic acid.
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Liu, T., Miura, S., Arimura, T. et al. Evaluation ofl-lactic acid production in batch, fed-batch, and continuous cultures ofRhizopus sp. MK-96-1196 using an airlift bioreactor. Biotechnol. Bioprocess Eng. 10, 522–527 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02932288
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