Enhanced Butanol Production by Clostridium acetobutylicum NCIMB 13357 Grown on Date Fruit as Carbon Source in P2 Medium

Table 2

A comparison of butanol, acetone, ethanol, acetic acid, and butyric acid production from date fruit with different modified media in batch culture using C. acetobutylicum NCIMB 13357.

Medium	Date fruit concentration (g/L)	Butanol (g/L)	Acetone (g/L)	Ethanol (g/L)	Acetic acid (g/L)	Butyric acid (g/L)	References
Date fruit	30	3.1	1.1	0.1	0.5	0.6	Khamaiseh et al. [12]
RCM-DF	40	4.4	1.33	0.478	0.46	1.32	Khamaiseh et al. [11]
P2 medium	50	11.0	2.84	0.75	0.86	1.37	This study
Modified-DF	40	5.31	1.95	1.17	2.0	3.1	Khamaiseh et al. [13]

DF: date fruit; RCM: reinforced clostridial medium.