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Lactic acid production was investigated for batch and repeated batch cultures of Enterococcus faecalis RKY1, using wood hydrolyzate and corn steep liquor. When wood hydrolyzate (equivalent to 50 g l−1 glucose) supplemented with 15–60 g l−1 corn steep liquor was used as a raw material for fermentation, up to 48.6 g l−1 of lactic acid was produced with, volumetric productivities ranging between 0.8 and 1.4 g l−1 h−1. When a medium containing wood hydrolyzate and 15 g l−1 corn steep liquor was supplemented with 1.5 g l−1 yeast extract, we observed 1.9-fold and 1.6-fold increases in lactic acid productivity and cell growth, respectively. In this case, the nitrogen source cost for producing 1 kg lactic acid can be reduced to 23% of that for fermentation from wood hydrolyzate using 15 g l−1 yeast extract as a single nitrogen source. In addition, lactic acid productivity could be maximized by conducting a cell-recycle repeated batch culture of E. faecalis RKY1. The maximum productivity for this process was determined to be 4.0 g l−1 h−1.
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This work was financially supported by the Korea Energy Management Corporation, and Y. J. Wee wishes to acknowledge the grants for predoctoral students supported by the Korea Research Foundation (grant no. KRF-2003-908-D00015).
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Wee, Y.J., Yun, J.S., Kim, D. et al. Batch and repeated batch production of l(+)-lactic acid by Enterococcus faecalis RKY1 using wood hydrolyzate and corn steep liquor. J IND MICROBIOL BIOTECHNOL 33, 431–435 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10295-006-0084-5
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