The Potential of Caproate (Hexanoate) Production Using Clostridium kluyveri Syntrophic Cocultures With Clostridium acetobutylicum or Clostridium saccharolyticum [PDF]
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022 Caproate (hexanoate) and other medium-chain fatty acids are valuable platform chemicals produced by processes utilizing petroleum or plant oil. Clostridium kluyveri, growing on short chain alcohols (notably ethanol) and carboxylic acids (such as acetate)
Eleftherios T Papoutsakis +1 more
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Genetic Modification of Clostridium kluyveri for Heterologous n-Butanol and n-Hexanol Production. [PDF]
Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyThe mesophilic microbe Clostridium kluyveri serves as the most commonly used model microbe to elucidate the physiology and biochemistry of ethanol-based chain elongation via reverse β-oxidation.
Lars Angenent +2 more
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A Narrow pH Range Supports Butanol, Hexanol, and Octanol Production From Syngas in a Continuous Co-Culture of Clostridium ljungdahlii and Clostridium kluyveri With In-Line Product Extraction [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 Carboxydotrophic bacteria (CTB) have received attention due to their ability to synthesize commodity chemicals from producer gas and synthesis gas (syngas).
Drir M Martijn Diender +2 more
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Caproate production from Enset fiber in one-pot two-step fermentation using anaerobic fungi (Neocallimastix cameroonii strain G341) and Clostridium kluyveri DSM 555 [PDF]
Microbial Cell Factories, 2023 Background Lignocellulosic biomass plays a crucial role in creating a circular bioeconomy and minimizing environmental impact. Enset biomass is a byproduct of traditional Ethiopian Enset food processing that is thrown away in huge quantities.
Nebyat Seid +2 more
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Upgrading dilute ethanol to odd-chain carboxylic acids by a synthetic co-culture of Anaerotignum neopropionicum and Clostridium kluyveri [PDF]
Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, 2023 Background Dilute ethanol streams generated during fermentation of biomass or syngas can be used as feedstocks for the production of higher value products.
Ivette Parera Olm, Diana Z. Sousa
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Modeling a Co-Culture of Clostridium autoethanogenum and Clostridium kluyveri to Increase Syngas Conversion to Medium-Chain Fatty-Acids [PDF]
Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2020 Microbial fermentation of synthesis gas (syngas) is becoming more attractive for sustainable production of commodity chemicals. To date, syngas fermentation focuses mainly on the use of Clostridium species for the production of small organic molecules ...
Maria Suarez-Diez +2 more
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Molecular Chain Elongation Mechanism for n‐Caproate Biosynthesis by Megasphaera Hexanoica [PDF]
Advanced ScienceThe microbial production of medium‐chain carboxylates has attracted considerable interest owing to their potential applications in biofuels and specialty chemicals; however, the underlying biosynthetic mechanisms remain incompletely understood.
Byoung Seung Jeon +8 more
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Synthetic co‐culture of autotrophic Clostridium carboxidivorans and chain elongating Clostridium kluyveri monitored by flow cytometry [PDF]
Microbial Biotechnology, 2022 Summary Syngas fermentation with acetogens is known to produce mainly acetate and ethanol efficiently. Co‐cultures with chain elongating bacteria making use of these products are a promising approach to produce longer‐chain alcohols.
Miriam Bäumler +4 more
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Butyric Acid and Caproic Acid Production Using Single and Mixed Bacterial Cultures
Engineering Proceedings, 2023 In this study, we explored different bacterial strains (Clostridium beijerinckii, C. acetobutylicum, C. oryzae, and C. kainantoi) belonging to the Clostridium group and produced butyric acid (C4) using acetate as a carbon source. All the strains produced
Young-Cheol Chang, M. Venkateswar Reddy
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Microorganisms, 2023 Syngas fermentation with clostridial co-cultures is promising for the conversion of CO to alcohols. A CO sensitivity study with Clostridium kluyveri monocultures in batch operated stirred-tank bioreactors revealed total growth inhibition of C.
Miriam Bäumler +7 more
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