Research Article
Enhanced Butanol Production by Clostridium acetobutylicum NCIMB 13357 Grown on Date Fruit as Carbon Source in P2 Medium
Table 3
A comparison of ABE and acids production from date fruit with different modified media in batch culture using C. acetobutylicum NCIMB 13357.
| | Medium | Date fruit concentration (g/L) | TC consumed (g/L) | Biobutanol (g/L) | Total solvents (g/L) | Total acids (g/L) | ABE productivity (g/L/h) | Butanol productivity (g/L/h) | ABE yield (g/g) | Butanol yield (g/g) | References |
| | DF | 30 | 13.8 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 0.062 | 0.045 | 0.45 | 0.32 | Khamaiseh et al. [12] | | RCM-DF | 40 | 15.07 | 4.4 g/L | 6.2 | 1.8 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.41 | 0.3 | Khamaiseh et al. [11] | | P2 medium | 50 | 23.2 | 11 g/L | 14.5 | 2.2 | 0.21 | 0.16 | 0.63 | 0.48 | This study | | Modified-DF | 40 | 16.3 | 5.31 | 8.5 | 5 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.51 | 0.33 | Khamaiseh et al. [13] |
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DF: date fruit; RCM: reinforced clostridial medium; TC: total carbohydrate.
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