Methanol bioconversion by Butyribacterium methylotrophicum--batch fermentation yield and kinetics
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Published on: January 23, 2019
1Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Linden, New Jersey 07036, USA.
Abstract:
Butyribacterium methylotrophicum is an anaerobic bacterium that can convert methanol to butyrate. This ability to produce longer-chain carbon compounds from C(1) substrates could be of commercial significance. The fermentation rates and product formation depend on the methanol/bicarbonate ratios during fermentation. The kinetics of batch fermentation fit the Luedeking-Piret model with growth and maintenance associated product formation. Butyrate yield of 0.256 mol/mol methanol (ca. 85% of theoretical yield) has been obtained in batch fermentation.
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