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Electrochemically mediated bioconversion and integrated purification greatly enhanced co-production of 1,3-propanediol and organic acids from glycerol in an industrial bioprocess
Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Publikationsdatum
2023-01-17
Sprache
English
Enthalten in
Volume
46
Issue
4
Start Page
565
End Page
575
Citation
Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering 46 (4): 565-575 (2023-04-01)
Publisher DOI
Scopus ID
PubMed ID
36648555
Publisher
Springer
In this study, we show how electrochemically mediated bioconversion can greatly increase the co-production of 1,3-propanediol and organic acids from glycerol in an industrial bioprocess using a Clostridum pasteurianum mutant. Remarkably, an enhanced butyrate formation was observed due to a weakened butanol pathway of the mutant. This allowed the strain to have a higher ATP generation for an enhanced growth, higher glycerol consumption and PDO production. The PDO titer reached as high as 120.67 g/L at a cathodic current of -400 mA, which is 33% higher than that without electricity, with a concurrent increase of butyric acid by 80%. To fully recover the increased PDO and organic acids, a novel downstream process combining thin film evaporation of PDO and esterification of organic acids with ethanol was developed. This enables the efficient co-production of PDO, ethyl acetate and ethyl butyrate with a high overall carbon use of 87%.
Schlagworte
1,3-propanediol
Clostridium pasteurianum
Co-production
Electro-fermentation
Organic acid esters
DDC Class
570: Biowissenschaften, Biologie