固定化米根霉发酵制L—乳酸

采用海藻酸钙包埋法固定化米根霉,菌体在颗粒表面形成一层菌丝膜,有利于氧气和其它营养物质的传递;三相流化床生物反应器结构简单,动力消耗低,反应器内物质混合均匀、氧传递量大于固定化米根霉的需氧量,非常适合好氧的固定化米根霉发酵。     

乳酸发酵动力学研究进展

对乳酸发酵过程中几种典型的发酵过程动力学,如游离细菌进行乳酸发酵动力学、海藻酸钙固定化米根霉的发酵动力学、转盘反应器固定化米根霉的发酵动力学以及聚氨酯固定化米根霉的发酵动力学进行了阐述。     

利用固定化米根霉在三相流化床中发酵生成L-乳酸

用聚氨酯泡沫吸附固定米根霉菌丝,在三相流化床中对葡萄糖、木糖以及木糖渣的纤维素酶解液等不同碳源进行Ｌ－乳酸发酵研究,并对游离菌丝和固定化菌丝发酵Ｌ－乳酸进行了比较。结果表明,聚氨酯泡沫是米根霉的良好载体,具有经济、高效等特点。实验条件下,不同碳源的乳酸转化率分别为：葡萄糖,８２．５％;木糖,５３．８％;木糖渣酶水解液,７１．９％。三相流化床中固定化米根霉产酸速率（对葡萄糖）为１９．１ｇ．ｈ＾－１．     

利用固定化米根霉在三相流化床中发酵生成L-乳酸

用聚氨酯泡沫吸附固定米根霉菌丝,在三相流化床中对葡萄糖、木糖以及木糖渣的纤维素酶解液等不同碳源进行L乳酸发酵研究,并对游离菌丝和固定化菌丝发酵L乳酸进行了比较。结果表明,聚氨酯泡沫是米根霉的良好载体,具有经济、高效等特点。实验条件下,不同碳源的乳酸转化率分别为：葡萄糖,82.5%;木糖,53.8%;木糖渣酶水解液,71.9%。三相流化床中固定化米根霉产酸速率(对葡萄糖)为191g.h-１.L(bead)-1。     

木质纤维基L-乳酸生物制造的技术经济分析

L-乳酸因对人体安全无毒,应用领域广泛。为提高L-乳酸的产量、得率,降低其生产成本,选用制备L-乳酸的理想菌种米根霉,以低聚木糖生产废渣为底物,探究基于木质纤维原料生物转化L-乳酸的最佳工艺路线。采用纤维床生物反应器固定化米根霉进行同步糖化发酵,有利于解决低聚木糖工业加工中的大量废渣再利用问题,实现米根霉利用木质纤维原料低成本、高得率制备L-乳酸。在固定化米根霉发酵的基础上,从原料低聚木糖生产废渣到成品L-乳酸全工艺过程,利用Super Pro Designer进行评估核算,探讨其工业化可行性和经济效益,年产5.0万t L-乳酸的项目建设投资回收期为3.24年。     

固定化细胞利用离子交换树脂萃取发酵乳酸的研究

本文提出了利用海藻酸钙凝胶包埋固定化乳酸菌生产乳酸,用离子交换树脂从发酵液中分离出乳酸的新方法。该法成功地消除了产物乳酸对乳酸菌生长和产物乳酸形成的抑制作用,使发酵时间由１２０小时缩短到９６小时,乳酸的体积生产率由０．３２８ｇ／Ｌ·ｈ提高到０．４３２ｇ／Ｌ·ｈ。     

膜反应器固定化米根霉发酵产富马酸的工艺研究

以膜反应器固定化米根霉发酵产富马酸为研究对象,以Na2CO3为中和剂,考察固定化米根霉在5L搅拌式发酵罐中的发酵特征,采用智能可视化软件(IVOS)优化发酵工艺条件。结果表明,在80g/L初始糖浓及最优工艺下,富马酸产量、生产速率及转化率分别为21.1g/L、0.25g/(L·h)和28%;采用40g/L初始糖浓及连续批次发酵工艺时,富马酸产量、生产速率及转化率最高分别为10.8 g/L、0.36g/(L·h)和27%。搅拌式反应器中,固定化米根霉的膜反应器比表面积有限,以及菌膜的空间阻隔效应对传质传氧的限制作用,显著影响了富马酸的生产强度和转化率。因此,亟需发掘新的固定化方法及反应器形式,达到既解决米根霉形态控制问题,又有助于生产性状提升的目标。     

信息库

１．在气升式生物反应器中用米根霉重复分批培养生产Ｌ（＋）┐乳酸米根霉（Ｒｈｉｚｏｐｕｓｏｒｙｚａｅ）以玉米淀粉为原料在气升式生物反应器中可以生产出旋光纯度高和生产成本低的Ｌ（＋）－乳酸（参见“工业微生物”,１９９８,２８（１）：信息库１）。但是在一般...     

纤维凝胶固定化增殖酵母连续生产酒精的研究

本文比较了纤维胶固定增殖酵母与海藻酸钙凝胶球、纤维海藻酸铝凝胶与纤维海藻酸钙凝胶、以及不同厚度的纤维凝胶固定化增殖酵母的发酵结果。重点进行了纤维凝胶固定化增殖酵母连续生产酒精试验。采用１．１Ｌ柱式生物反应器,ＣＯ２排出通畅,停留时间为４小时,成熟醪中酒精含量为１０．１－１１．０％（Ｖ／Ｖ）,平均为１０．５５％,酒精生产能力为９．４ｇ／Ｌ．ｈ,总糖利用率为９４．５％。     

无载体固定化米根霉重复间歇发酵生产L-乳酸

通过研究影响米根霉菌丝体形态的培养基因素,初步构建了无载体固定化米根霉重复间歇发酵生产L-乳酸的工艺条件.研究结果表明,首批次发酵培养基采用120 g/L葡萄糖,3 g/L硝酸铵,K 和Na 浓度比为1:1,发酵72 h后,米根霉菌体形态为均匀的茵丝体小球,直径为1.0 mm～2.0 mm,此时L-乳酸产量可达100.8 g/L,葡萄糖转化率为84%.在此基础上,利用米根霉菌丝体小球重复间歇发酵16批次,每批次发酵24h,此时葡萄糖转化率均高于75%,L-乳酸产量保持在60.0 g/L以上,米根霉菌丝体小球形态保持稳定.     

三相流化床中固定化米根霉萃取发酵生产L-乳酸

以TRPO／磺化煤油为萃取剂,在2L三相流床反应器中进行了固定化米根霉原位萃取和异位萃取发酵生产L-乳酸的实验,结果表明,发酵液中的pH值能被控制在3．5左右．产酸速率高达每小时．每1L固定化颗粒产生11gL-乳酸。提出了一个数学模型用以描述萃取发酵中L-乳酸的积累及在各相的分配情况。模型计算曲线与实验值符合良好。     

Production of L(+)-lactic acid from glucose and starch by immobilized cells of Rhizopus oryzae in a rotating fibrous bed bioreactor

A rotating fibrous-bed bioreactor (RFB) was developed for fermentation to produce L(+)-lactic acid from glucose and cornstarch by Rhizopus oryzae. Fungal mycelia were immobilized on cotton cloth in the RFB for a prolonged period to study the fermentation kinetics and process stability. The pH and dissolved oxygen concentration (DO) were found to have significant effects on lactic acid productivity and yield, with pH 6 and 90% DO being the optimal conditions. A high lactic acid yield of 90% (w/w) and productivity of 2.5 g/L.h (467 g/h.m(2)) was obtained from glucose in fed-batch fermentation. When cornstarch was used as the substrate, the lactic acid yield was close to 100% (w/w) and the productivity was 1.65 g/L.h (300 g/h.m(2)). The highest concentration of lactic acid achieved in these fed-batch fermentations was 127 g/L. The immobilized-cells fermentation in the RFB gave a virtually cell-free fermentation broth and provided many advantages over conventional fermentation processes, especially those with freely suspended fungal cells. Without immobilization with the cotton cloth, mycelia grew everywhere in the fermentor and caused serious problems in reactor control and operation and consequently the fermentation was poor in lactic acid production. Oxygen transfer in the RFB was also studied and the volumetric oxygen transfer coefficients under various aeration and agitation conditions were determined and then used to estimate the oxygen transfer rate and uptake rate during the fermentation. The results showed that the oxygen uptake rate increased with increasing DO, indicating that oxygen transfer was limited by the diffusion inside the mycelial layer.     

Improved oxygen transfer and increased l-lactic acid production by morphology control of Rhizopus oryzae in a static bed bioreactor

Rhizopus oryzae was immobilized on a cotton matrix in a static bed bioreactor. Compared with free cells in a stirred tank bioreactor, immobilized R. oryzae in this bioreactor gave higher lactic acid production but lower ethanol production. The highest lactic acid production rate (2.09 g/L h) with the final concentration of 37.83 g/L from 70 g/L glucose was achieved when operating the bioreactor at 700 rpm and 0.5 vvm air. To better understand the relationship between shear effects (agitation and aeration) and R. oryzae morphology and metabolism, oxygen transfer rate, fermentation kinetics, and lactate dehydrogenase activity were determined. In immobilized cell culture, higher oxygen transfer rate and lactic acid production were achieved but lower lactate dehydrogenase activity was found as compared with those in free cell culture operated at the same conditions. These results clearly imply that mass transport was the rate controlling step in lactic acid fermentation by R. oryzae.     

Biotechnological production of xylitol in a three-phase fluidized bed bioreactor with immobilized yeast cells in Ca-alginate beads

Cells of Candida guilliermondii entrapped in Ca-alginate beads were used for xylitol production, from concentrated hemicellulose hydrolyzate of sugarcane bagasse, in a fluidized bed bioreactor (FBR). The maximum xylitol concentration 28.9 g xylitol/L was obtained at a high aeration rate of 600 mL/min after 70 h of fermentation, indicating that the use of high aeration rate in this system is favored for better oxygen transfer into the immobilized cells. The specific xylitol productivity and the xylitol yield were of 0.4 g xylitol/L.h and 0.58 g xylitol/g xylose respectively. The immobilization efficiency at the end of the fermentation was of 65 %. After 90 h of fermentation xylitol productivity and yield decreased to 0.25 g xylitol/L.h and 0.47 g xylitol/g xylose respectively, indicating the beginning of xylitol consumption by the yeast. The use of FBR system with immobilized cells presented high xylitol yield and productivity.     

A proposed biparticle fluidized-bed for lactic acid fermentation and simultaneous adsorption

A bioreactor configuration is proposed for simultaneous fermentation and separation of the desired product. The bioreactor consists of a columnar fluidized bed of immobilized microorganisms. Denser adsorbent particles are added to this column. These adsorbent particles fall through the bed, absorb the product, and are removed from the base of the columnar reactor. The system hydrodynamics and the separability of the two types of particles were confirmed for low-density gel beads. The addition of the adsorbent, activated carbon, to a fermentation of Lactobacillus delbreuckii absorbed lactic acid. The addition of adsorbent enhanced the fermentation and controlled the pH.     

Optimization of lactic acid production by immobilized <Emphasis Type="Italic">Lactococcus lactis</Emphasis> IO-1

Production of lactic acid from glucose by immobilized cells of Lactococcus lactis IO-1 was investigated using cells that had been immobilized by either entrapment in beads of alginate or encapsulation in microcapsules of alginate membrane. The fermentation process was optimized in shake flasks using the Taguchi method and then further assessed in a production bioreactor. The bioreactor consisted of a packed bed of immobilized cells and its operation involved recycling of the broth through the bed. Both batch and continuous modes of operation of the reactor were investigated. Microencapsulation proved to be the better method of immobilization. For microencapsulated cells at immobilized cell concentration of 5.3 g l⁻¹, the optimal production medium had the following initial concentrations of nutrients (g l⁻¹): glucose 45, yeast extract 10, beef extract 10, peptone 7.5 and calcium chloride 10 at an initial pH of 6.85. Under these conditions, at 37 °C, the volumetric productivity of lactic acid in shake flasks was 1.8 g l⁻¹ h⁻¹. Use of a packed bed of encapsulated cells with recycle of the broth through the bed, increased the volumetric productivity to 4.5 g l⁻¹ h⁻¹. The packed bed could be used in repeated batch runs to produce lactic acid.     

High-rate continuous production of lactic acid by Lactobacillus rhamnosus in a two-stage membrane cell-recycle bioreactor

It is important to produce L(+)-lactic acid at the lowest cost possible for lactic acid to become a candidate monomer material for promising biodegradable polylactic acid. In an effort to develop a high-rate bioreactor that provides high productivity along with a high concentration of lactic acid, the performance of membrane cell-recycle bioreactor (MCRB) was investigated via experimental studies and simulation optimization. Due to greatly increased cell density, high lactic acid productivity, 21.6 g L(-1) h(-1), was obtained in the reactor. The lactic acid concentration, however, could not be increased higher than 83 g/L. When an additional continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) was attached next to the MCRB a higher lactic acid concentration of 87 g/L was produced at significant productivity expense. When the two MCRBs were connected in series, 92 g/L lactic acid could be produced with a productivity of 57 g L(-1) h(-1), the highest productivity among the reports of L(+)-lactic acid that obtained lactic acid concentration higher than 85 g/L using glucose substrate. Additionally, the investigation of lactic acid fermentation kinetics resulted in a successful model that represents the characteristics of lactic acid fermentation by Lactobacillus rhamnosus. The model was found to be applicable to most of the existing data with MCRBs and was in good agreement with Levenspiel's product-inhibition model, and the Luedeking-Piret equation for product-formation kinetics appeared to be effective in representing the fermentation kinetics. There was a distinctive difference in the production potential of cells (cell-density-related parameter in Luedeking-Piret equation) as lactic acid concentration increases over 55 g/L, and this finding led to a more precise estimation of bioreactor performance.     

Production of polymalic acid and malic acid by Aureobasidium pullulans fermentation and acid hydrolysis

Malic acid is a dicarboxylic acid widely used in the food industry and also a potential C4 platform chemical that can be produced from biomass. However, microbial fermentation for direct malic acid production is limited by low product yield, titer, and productivity due to end‐product inhibition. In this work, a novel process for malic acid production from polymalic acid (PMA) fermentation followed by acid hydrolysis was developed. First, a PMA‐producing Aureobasidium pullulans strain ZX‐10 was screened and isolated. This microbe produced PMA as the major fermentation product at a high‐titer equivalent to 87.6 g/L of malic acid and high‐productivity of 0.61 g/L h in free‐cell fermentation in a stirred‐tank bioreactor. Fed‐batch fermentations with cells immobilized in a fibrous‐bed bioreactor (FBB) achieved the highest product titer of 144.2 g/L and productivity of 0.74 g/L h. The fermentation produced PMA was purified by adsorption with IRA‐900 anion‐exchange resins, achieving a ～100% purity and a high recovery rate of 84%. Pure malic acid was then produced from PMA by hydrolysis with 2 M sulfuric acid at 85°C, which followed the first‐order reaction kinetics. This process provides an efficient and economical way for PMA and malic acid production, and is promising for industrial application. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2013; 110: 2105–2113. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Ethanol fermentation in a magnetically fluidized bed reactor with immobilized Saccharomyces cerevisiae in magnetic particles

Ethanol fermentation by immobilized Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells in magnetic particles was successfully carried out in a magnetically stabilized fluidized bed reactor (MSFBR). These immobilized magnetic particles solidified in a 2 % CaCl(2) solution were stable and had high ethanol fermentation activity. The performance of ethanol fermentation of glucose in the MSFBR was affected by initial particle loading rate, feed sugar concentration and dilution rate. The ethanol theoretical yield, productivity and concentration reached 95.3%, 26.7 g/L h and 66 g/L, respectively, at a particle loading rate of 41% and a feed dilution rate of 0.4 h(-1) with a glucose concentration of 150 g/L when the magnetic field intensity was kept in the range of 85-120 Oe. In order to use this developed MSFBR system for ethanol production from cheap raw materials, cane molasses was used as the main fermentation substrate for continuous ethanol fermentation with the immobilized S. cerevisiae cells in the reactor system. Molasses gave comparative ethanol productivity in comparison with glucose in the MSFBR, and the higher ethanol production was observed in the MSFBR than in a fluidized bed reactor (FBR) without a magnetic field.