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Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol (ABE) Fermentation Wastewater Treatment by Oleaginous Yeast Trichosporon cutaneum

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In the present study, acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation wastewater with high chemical oxygen demand (COD) value (about 18,000 mg/L) was biologically treated by oleaginous yeast Trichosporon cutaneum without any pretreatment. During fermentation, most COD degradation was finished within 48 h and finally, a maximum COD degradation of 68 % was obtained. The highest biomass and lipid content was 4.9 g/L and 14.7 %, respectively. Various materials including sugars (glucose and xylose), organic acids (acetic acid and butyric acid), and alcohol compounds (ethanol and butanol) could be utilized as carbon sources by T. cutaneum simultaneously; thus, it has a broad carbon source spectrum and is a potential microorganism for biological treatment for various wastewaters. Overall, the lipid composition of microbial oils produced by this bioconversion is similar to that of vegetable oils, and thus, it could be used for biodiesel production.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support of the Science and Technology Project of Guangdong Province (2013B010404036), project of Guangzhou Science and Technology (2013 J4300031), the Support Plan Project of National Science and Technology (2012BAD32B07), National Natural Science Foundation of China (51378486, U1261116), Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (S2012040007546), the Project of Jiangsu Province Science and Technology (BE2013083), the Foundation of Xuyi Center of Attapulgite Applied Technology Research Development and Industrialization, Chinese Academy of Sciences (20121004), and Foundation of Director of Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences (y407r41001).

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  1. College of Light Industry and Food Sciences, South China University of Technology, No. 381 Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, 510640, People’s Republic of China

    Lian Xiong & Xin-An Zeng

  2. Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 2 Nengyuan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, 510640, People’s Republic of China

    Lian Xiong, Chao Huang, Xiao-Mei Li, Xue-Fang Chen, Can Wang & Xin-De Chen

  3. Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 2 Nengyuan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, 510640, People’s Republic of China

    Lian Xiong, Chao Huang, Xiao-Mei Li, Xue-Fang Chen, Bo Wang, Can Wang & Xin-De Chen

  4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China

    Bo Wang

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Xiong, L., Huang, C., Li, XM. et al. Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol (ABE) Fermentation Wastewater Treatment by Oleaginous Yeast Trichosporon cutaneum . Appl Biochem Biotechnol 176, 563–571 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-015-1595-1

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