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Malee Kallbach1, Sonja Horn1, Anja Kuenz2
1Thünen Institute of Agricultural Technology, Bundesallee 50, 38116, Braunschweig, Germany.
Abstract:
Biotechnologically produced 2,3-butanediol (2,3-BDO) is a potential starting material for industrial bulk chemicals such as butadiene or methyl ethyl ketone which are currently produced from fossil feedstocks. So far, the highest 2,3-BDO concentrations have been obtained with risk group 2 microorganisms. In this study, three risk group 1 microorganisms are presented that are so far unknown for an efficient production of 2,3-BDO. The strains Bacillus atrophaeus NRS-213, Bacillus mojavensis B-14698, and Bacillus vallismortis B-14891 were evaluated regarding their ability to produce high 2,3-BDO concentrations with a broad range of different carbon sources. A maximum 2,3-BDO concentration of 60.4 g/L was reached with the strain B. vallismortis B-14891 with an initial glucose concentration of 200 g/L within 55 h in a batch cultivation. Besides glucose, B. vallismortis B-14891 converts 14 different substrates that can be obtained from residual biomass sources to 2,3-BDO. Therefore B. vallismortis B-14891 is a promising candidate for the large-scale production of 2,3-BDO with low-cost substrates.
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