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。     

米根霉ME—F12发酵产富马酸的菌体形态控制

丝状真菌发酵体系中菌体形态对产量有着重要影响。考察富马酸产生菌Rhizopus oryzae ME—F12种子培养过程中不同pH条件、孢子悬浮液密度以及CaCl2添加量对其形态的影响。结果表明,当控制种子培养液pH2．3～2．7、接种孢子的终密度为1．5×10^8～3．0×10^8／L和添加0．5g／LCaCl2时,培养可获得直径约为0．65mm光滑规整茵球,后继的产酸发酵中富马酸量高达58．9g／L。正交实验表明,pH是影响菌球形成的最主要因素,孢子液密度主要影响菌体生物量,而CaCl2则是菌球表面光滑度的主要影响因素。     

米根霉发酵产富马酸的最适替代中和剂及pH调控策略研究

针对米根霉发酵产富马酸使用的不同中和剂(CaCO3,Na2CO3,NH3·H2O,NaOH)进行了研究,结果表明发酵过程中使用Na2CO3作为中和剂时富马酸产率和生产强度最接近传统中和剂CaCO3.此后考察了不同pH值(3.5,4.5,5.5和6.5)对Na2CO3作为中和剂的富马酸发酵过程的影响.基于对3个动力学参数的分析,提出了一个旨在同时获得富马酸高产物浓度、高产率和高生产强度的双阶段pH调控策略,在初始的24 h内pH控制在5.5,然后将pH调到4.5直至发酵结束.最终富马酸的终浓度达到40.5 g/L,产率为0.55 g/g,生产强度为0.61 g/L/h,比恒定pH时的最优结果分别提高了8.3％,10.0％和17.3％,其中生产强度甚至比使用CaCO3时还高了3.4％.故以Na2CO3作为中和剂,采用双阶段pH调控策略具有降低能耗和简化下游步骤的优势,可以成功取代CaCO3.     

里氏木霉与米根霉混合固态发酵产纤维素酶

以里氏木霉及米根霉单菌固态发酵为对象,考察不同混合发酵形式对里氏木霉与米根霉混合固态发酵产纤维素酶的影响。结果表明:同时接种里氏木霉与米根霉,试验考察的两菌种接种量比1∶1(以孢子个数计)及5∶1条件下,两菌未产生明显协同产酶作用。米根霉延时(24 h)接种且菌种量比5∶1以及米根霉延时(48 h)接种且菌种量比1∶1,2种发酵形式产酶情况类似,滤纸酶活(FPA)及羧甲基纤维素酶(CMCase)酶活相对米根霉单菌发酵有所提高,而β-葡萄糖苷酶(β-GA)酶活相对里氏木霉单菌固态发酵结束时分别增加4.66及4.40倍,可以发现两菌产生一定协同作用。在米根霉延时(48 h)接种且菌种量比5∶1的发酵形式下,FPA及CMCase在发酵第7天酶活分别达到44.04 IU/g、627.14 U/g(以1 g干曲计),分别是里氏木霉固态单菌发酵产酶达到稳定期时酶活的1.36和1.63倍,两菌产生了有效的协同作用。     

米根霉两段式利用板栗栗苞生产富马酸

通过自水解预处理板栗栗苞,以预水解液组成增殖培养基培养米根霉,增殖的米根霉再利用栗苞酶解液生产富马酸。结果表明:220℃自水解预处理栗苞,有效疏解栗苞紧密的木质纤维结构,以50 FPIU(以1 g纤维素计)纤维素酶水解50 g/L预处理栗苞,酶解得率大于95%;经增殖培养基培养米根霉,菌体生物量达4.5 g/L;增殖的米根霉利用栗苞酶解液发酵产富马酸,富马酸质量浓度为15.78 g/L,糖酸转化率为0.34 g/g。通过两段式发酵工艺,米根霉有效利用板栗栗苞生产富马酸。     

米根霉发酵生产L-乳酸

报道了Ｌ－乳酸菌株的分离与筛选,探讨了不同碳源、氮源、通气量、温度等发酵条件对产Ｌ－乳酸的影响,从７８株米根霉中筛选出１３株产Ｌ－乳酸较高的菌株,其中米根霉（Ｒｈｉｚｏｐｕｓ ｏｒｙｚａｅ）Ｒｓ９２８产Ｌ－乳酸最高,产酸最稳定。试验结果表明,该菌株最适发酵培养组成（％）：淀粉水解糖１６,ＭｇＳＯ４ ０．０８,ＫＨ２ＰＯ４ ０．０５,ＺｎＳＯ４ ０．０１,ＣａＣＯ３ ７,ｐＨ自然。在６０ｔ发酵罐中,     

基于智能可视化优化上的米根霉发酵生产富马酸过程的优化

为提高米根霉发酵产富马酸的效率,对米根霉发酵过程进行了优化。通过单因素实验考察不同氮源对富马酸合成的影响,确定了米根霉ME-F14发酵产富马酸的最佳氮源为(NH4)2SO4;在此基础上采用均匀实验设计法进行试验设计,并利用智能可视化优化软件对发酵培养基的组分和培养条件进行优化。当接种龄为12 h、葡萄糖87.5 g/L、(NH4)2SO40.55 g/L、接种量27.5%时,富马酸产量达43.8 g/L,比对照组提高了31.81%。此结果可以为发酵法制备富马酸的工业化生产奠定基础。     

基于Desirability函数法对米根霉发酵制备富马酸的多目标优化

以富马酸产量和生产速率为目标,通过正交实验考察了种龄,接种量,葡萄糖和尿素浓度对两者的影响,进一步利用基于响应曲面方法的Desirability函数确定了葡萄糖和尿素的最佳浓度。结果表明,最佳的种龄和接种量分别为36h和15%,葡萄糖和尿素的优化浓度为132.73和0.0586g/l,此时模型预测的富马酸产量和生产速率达到71.42g/l和0.804g/(l.h),Desirability的函数值高达0.966。该条件下在5L发酵罐水平上进行验证试验,经过88h的发酵最终生成富马酸66.5g/l,生产速率达到0.755 g/(l.h),与未优化前相比,产量和生产速率分别提高了13.9%和15.8%,取得了理想的效果,实现了产量和生产速率的同时优化,为发酵法制备富马酸的工业化放大奠定了基础。     

Development of a low pH fermentation strategy for fumaric acid production by Rhizopus oryzae

Dicarboxylic acids that are produced from renewable resources are becoming attractive building blocks for the polymers industry. In this respect, fumaric acid is very interesting. Its low aqueous solubility facilitates product recovery. To avoid excessive waste salt production during downstream processing, a low pH for fumaric acid fermentation will be beneficial. Studying the influence of pH, working volume and shaking frequency on cell cultivation helped us to identify the best conditions to obtain appropriate pellet morphologies of a wild type strain of Rhizopus oryzae. Using these pellets, the effects of pH and CO(2) addition were studied to determine the best conditions to produce fumaric acid in batch fermentations under nitrogen-limited conditions with glucose as carbon source. Decreasing either the fermentation pH below 5 or increasing the CO(2) content of the inlet air above 10% was unfavourable for the cell-specific productivity, fumaric acid yield, and fumaric acid titer. However, switching off the pH control late in the batch phase did not affect these performance parameters and allowed achieving pH of 3.6. A concentration of 20 gL(-1) of fumaric acid was obtained at pH 3.6 while the average cell mass specific productivity and fumaric acid yield were the same as at pH 5.0. Consequently, relatively modest amounts of inorganic base were required for pH control, while recovery of the acid should be relatively easy at pH 3.6.     

Simultaneous saccharification and ethanol fermentation of oxalic acid pretreated corncob assessed with response surface methodology

Response surface methodology was used to evaluate optimal time, temperature and oxalic acid concentration for simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) of corncob particles by Pichia stipitis CBS 6054. Fifteen different conditions for pretreatment were examined in a 2³ full factorial design with six axial points. Temperatures ranged from 132 to 180 °C, time from 10 to 90 min and oxalic acid loadings from 0.01 to 0.038 g/g solids. Separate maxima were found for enzymatic saccharification and hemicellulose fermentation, respectively, with the condition for maximum saccharification being significantly more severe. Ethanol production was affected by reaction temperature more than by oxalic acid and reaction time over the ranges examined. The effect of reaction temperature was significant at a 95% confidence level in its effect on ethanol production. Oxalic acid and reaction time were statistically significant at the 90% level. The highest ethanol concentration (20 g/l) was obtained after 48 h with an ethanol volumetric production rate of 0.42 g ethanol l⁻¹ h⁻¹. The ethanol yield after SSF with P. stipitis was significantly higher than predicted by sequential saccharification and fermentation of substrate pretreated under the same condition. This was attributed to the secretion of β-glucosidase by P. stipitis. During SSF, free extracellular β-glucosidase activity was 1.30 pNPG U/g with P. stipitis, while saccharification without the yeast was 0.66 pNPG U/g.     

Comparison of fumaric acid production by Rhizopus oryzae using different neutralizing agents

Fumaric acid fermentation in a 10-L bubble column fermenter using different neutralizing agents [CaCO(3), Ca(OH)(2), NaHCO(3)] by Rhizopus oryzae ATCC 20344 was examined. It was found that in the fermentation using CaCO(3 )as the neutralizing agent the highest fumaric acid weight yield and volumetric productivity were obtained, 53.4% and 1.03 g/L x h(-1) respectively. In the NaHCO(3) case, the fumaric acid weight yield and volumetric productivity were 33.7% and 0.69 g/L x h(-1), respectively, much lower than the CaCO(3) case. However, the NaHCO(3) alternative has advantages of cell reuse and simple downstream processing because of the high solubility of sodium fumarate. These advantages may offset the disadvantages of using NaHCO(3) as the neutralizing agent, and the overall fumaric acid weight yield and volumetric productivity will increase.     

Direct fermentation of potato starch wastewater to lactic acid by Rhizopus oryzae and Rhizopus arrhizus

The biochemical kinetic of direct fermentation for lactic acid production by fungal species of Rhizopus arrhizus 3,6017 and Rhizopus oryzae 2,062 was studied with respect to growth pH, temperature and substrate. The direct fermentation was characterized by starch hydrolysis, accumulation of reducing sugar, and production of lactic acid and fungal biomass. Starch hydrolysis, reducing sugar accumulation, biomass formation and lactic acid production were affected with the variations in pH, temperature, and starch source and concentration. A growth condition with starch concentration approximately 20 g/l at pH 6.0 and 30°C was favourable for both starch saccharification and lactic acid fermentation, resulting in lactic acid yield of 0.87–0.97 g/g starch associated with 1.5–2.0 g/l fungal biomass produced in 36 h fermentation. R. arrhizus 3,6017 had a higher capacity to produce lactic acid, while R. oryzae 2,062 produced more fungal biomass under similar conditions.     

Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of cellulose to lactic acid

Recent interest in the industrial manufacture of ethanol and other organic chemicals from biomass has led to the utilization of surplus grain and cane juice as a fermentation feedstock. Since those starting materials are also foods, they are expensive. As an alternative, cellulosic substances-the most abundant renewable resources on earth(1)-have long been considered for conversion to readily utilizable hydrolyzates.(2, 3)For the production of ethanol from cellulose, we have proposed the simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) process.(4) In SSF, enzymatic cellulose hydrolysis and glucose fermentation to ethanol by yeast proceed simultaneously within one vessel. The process advantages-reduced reactor volume and faster saccharification rates-have been confirmed by many researchers.(5-8) During SSF, the faster saccharification rates result because the glucose product is immediately removed, considerably diminishing its inhibitory effect on the cellulase system.(9)To effectively apply the SSF method to produce substances fermented from glucose, several conditions should be satisfied. One is coincident enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation conditions, such as pH and temperature. The other is that cellulase inhibition by the final product is less than that by glucose and/or cellobiose. One of us has reported that acetic acid, citric acid, itaconic acid, alpha-ketoglutaric acid, lactic acid, and succinic acid scarcely inhibit cellulase.(10) This suggests that if the microorganisms which produce these organic acids were compatible with cellulase reaction conditions, the organic acids could be produced efficiently from cellulosic substrates by SSF.In this article, the successful application of SSF to lactic acid production from cellulose is reported. Though there have been several reports of direct cellulose conversion to organic acids by anaerobes such as Clostridium, only trace amounts of lactic acid were detected in the fermentation medium among the low-molecular-weight fatty acid components.(11-13) Lactic acid is one of the most important organic acids and has a wide range of food-related and industrial applications.     

稀酸水解玉米芯制备丁二酸

利用正交设计得到稀H2SO4水解玉米芯制备混合糖液的优化工艺:玉米芯料液比1∶5(质量体积比),物料粒径250~380μm、H2SO4用量3%(体积分数)、水解温度126℃、反应时间2.5 h。此工艺条件下的总糖收率达90%,总糖质量浓度为60 g/L,发酵抑制物糠醛含量为0.87 g/L,5-羟甲基糠醛含量为0.68 g/L。在此基础上利用活性炭吸附和Ca(OH)2中和对玉米芯混合糖液进行脱毒及脱盐处理,SO42-脱除率达96%,色素脱除率为96%,糠醛、5-羟甲基糠醛及多酚类物质脱除率均高于50%。处理后的玉米芯多组分糖液作为产琥珀酸放线杆菌(Actinobacillus succino-genes)NJ113的发酵C源,当培养基中初始总糖质量浓度为50 g/L时,丁二酸收率为61.68%,丁二酸质量浓度为30.8 g/L;初始总糖质量浓度为70 g/L时,丁二酸收率仍可达50%以上,丁二酸质量浓度为35.2 g/L。发酵实验表明,将经过脱毒脱盐处理的玉米芯多组分糖液替代葡萄糖作为C源发酵制备丁二酸具有可行性。     

Reducing by-product formation in L-lactic acid fermentation by Rhizopus oryzae

During L-lactic acid fermentation by Rhizopus oryzae, increasing the phosphate level in the fermentation medium from 0.1 g l^–1 to 0.6 g l^–1 KH₂PO₄ reduced the maximal concentration of L-lactic acid and fumaric acid from 85 g l^–1 to 71 g l^–1 and from 1.36 g l^–1 to 0.18 g l^–1, respectively; and it decreased the fermentation time from 72 h to 52 h. Phosphate at 0.40 g l^–1 KH₂PO₄ was suitable for both minimizing fumaric acid accumulation and benefiting L-lactic acid production.