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An economical biorefinery process for propionic acid production from glycerol and potato juice using high cell density fermentation.

Dishisha, Tarek LU ; Ståhl, Ke ; Lundmark, Stefan LU and Hatti-Kaul, Rajni LU (2013) In Bioresource Technology 135. p.504-512
Abstract
An economically sustainable process was developed for propionic acid production by fermentation of glycerol using Propionibacterium acidipropionici and potato juice, a by-product of starch processing, as a nitrogen/vitamin source. The fermentation was done as high-cell-density sequential batches with cell recycle. Propionic acid production and glycerol consumption rates were dependent on initial biomass concentration, and reached a maximum of 1.42 and 2.30gL(-1)h(-1), respectively, from 50gL(-1) glycerol at initial cell density of 23.7g(CDW)L(-1). Halving the concentration of nitrogen/vitamin source resulted in reduction of acetic and succinic acids yields by ∼39% each. At glycerol concentrations of 85 and 120gL(-1), respectively, 43.8 and... (More)
An economically sustainable process was developed for propionic acid production by fermentation of glycerol using Propionibacterium acidipropionici and potato juice, a by-product of starch processing, as a nitrogen/vitamin source. The fermentation was done as high-cell-density sequential batches with cell recycle. Propionic acid production and glycerol consumption rates were dependent on initial biomass concentration, and reached a maximum of 1.42 and 2.30gL(-1)h(-1), respectively, from 50gL(-1) glycerol at initial cell density of 23.7g(CDW)L(-1). Halving the concentration of nitrogen/vitamin source resulted in reduction of acetic and succinic acids yields by ∼39% each. At glycerol concentrations of 85 and 120gL(-1), respectively, 43.8 and 50.8gL(-1) propionic acid were obtained at a rate of 0.88 and 0.29gL(-1)h(-1) and yield of 84 and 78mol%. Succinic acid was 13g% of propionic acid and could represent a potential co-product covering the cost of nitrogen/vitamin source. (Less)
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  author       = {{Dishisha, Tarek and Ståhl, Ke and Lundmark, Stefan and Hatti-Kaul, Rajni}},
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  pages        = {{504--512}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Bioresource Technology}},
  title        = {{An economical biorefinery process for propionic acid production from glycerol and potato juice using high cell density fermentation.}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/2136433/4937834.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.biortech.2012.08.098}},
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