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Production of pullulan from xylose and hemicellulose hydrolysate by Aureobasidium pullulans AY82 with pH control and DL-dithiothreitol addition

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Xylose, the second most abundant sugar in lignocellulosic materials, is not efficiently utilized in current lignocellulose biotransformation processes, such as cellulosic ethanol production. The bioconversion of xylose to value-added products, such as pullulan, is an alternative strategy for efficient lignocellulose biotransformation. This paper reports the production of pullulan from xylose and hemicellulose hydrolysate by Aureobasidium pullulans AY82. The effects of DL-dithiothreitol (DTT) and pH on pullulan production from xylose were also intensively investigated. A maximal increase of 17.55% of pullulan production was observed in flasks added with 1.0 mM DTT. Batch fermentations with controlled pH were also conducted, and the optimal pH for cell growth and pullulan synthesis was 3.0 and 5.0, respectively. Based on these findings, two-stage pH control fermentations were performed, in which the pH of the medium was first adjusted to 3.0 for cell growth, and then changed to 5.0 for pullulan synthesis. However, the earlier the pH was changed to 5.0, the more pullulan was produced. Fermentation with controlled pH of 5.0 acquired the highest pullulan production. Under the optimized conditions (with the addition of 1.0 mM DTT and controlled pH of 5.0), the maximal pullulan production obtained from xylose was 17.63 g/L. A. pullulans AY82 also readily fermented hemicellulose hydrolysate under these optimized conditions, but with lower pullulan production (12.65 g/L). Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and high-performance liquid chromatography showed that the structure of the pullulan obtained in this study was identical to that of the pullulan standard.

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    Yefu Chen, Jian Guo, Feng Li, Mingming Liu, Xinxin Zhang, Xuewu Guo & Dongguang Xiao

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Chen, Y., Guo, J., Li, F. et al. Production of pullulan from xylose and hemicellulose hydrolysate by Aureobasidium pullulans AY82 with pH control and DL-dithiothreitol addition. Biotechnol Bioproc E 19, 282–288 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12257-013-0715-4

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