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Production of acetone and butanol by batch and continuous culture of Clostridium acetobutylicum under nitrogen limitation

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Acetone and butanol can be produced by batch and continuous culture of Clostridium acetobutylicum on a nitrogen limited synthetic medium. When cells are grown on a high glucose concentration, conversion yields close to 0.3 g solvents/g glucose are obtained at pH 5.0. The fermentation kinetics are similar in batch and continuous cultures.

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  1. Laboratoire des Sciences du Génie Chimique, CNRS-ENSIC,Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine, 1, rue Grandville, 54042, NancyCedex, France

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Monot, F., Engasser, J.M. Production of acetone and butanol by batch and continuous culture of Clostridium acetobutylicum under nitrogen limitation. Biotechnol Lett 5, 213–218 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00161117

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