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Fermentation of biodiesel-derived glycerol by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens: effects of co-substrates on 2,3-butanediol production

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Cultivation in glycerol instead of sugars inhibits 2,3-butanediol (2,3-BD) production by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. In this study, we report that B. amyloliquefaciens readily produces 2,3-BD from biodiesel-derived glycerol in the presence of beet molasses as a co-substrate. Unexpectedly, the molasses stimulated 2,3-BD production and simultaneously reduced the duration of fermentation. Productivity of 2,3-BD was enhanced at the start of fermentation, and yields increased under continuous molasses supply. Subsequently, 2,3-BD production in molasses-supplemented fed-batch culture was observed. Prior to inoculation of fed-batch fermentation culture, 15 g/l of molasses was added to the bioreactor. After 6 h of incubation, the bioreactor was fed with a solution containing 80 % glycerol and 15 % molasses. The 2,3-BD concentration, yield, and productivity significantly improved, reaching 83.3 g/l, 0.42 g/g, and 0.87 g/l·h, respectively. To our knowledge, these results are the highest report for 2,3-BD fermentation from biodiesel-derived glycerol.

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This work was supported by the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-10-0459), the National Basic Research Program of China (973 program) (2012CB725202), the High-tech Research and Development Programs of China (2011AA02A211, 2012AA022102), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21276110), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (JUSRP51306A, JUSRP1009), the research fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (20110093120001), and a project funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.

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    Tao-Wei Yang, Zhi-Ming Rao, Xian Zhang, Mei-Juan Xu & Zheng-Hong Xu

  2. Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Science, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, People’s Republic of China

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  3. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA

    Shang-Tian Yang

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Yang, TW., Rao, ZM., Zhang, X. et al. Fermentation of biodiesel-derived glycerol by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens: effects of co-substrates on 2,3-butanediol production. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 97, 7651–7658 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-013-5048-x

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Keywords

  • 2,3-Butanediol
  • Crude glycerol
  • Molasses
  • Co-substrate
  • Bacillus amyloliquefaciens