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Production of Butyric Acid from Hydrolysate of Rice Husk Treated by Alkali and Enzymes in Immobilized Fermentation by Clostridium tyrobutyricum CtΔpta

Authors :
Yueying Lin
Wanjing Sun
Geng Wang
Haohan Chen
Xun Pei
Yuyue Jin
Shang-Tian Yang
Minqi Wang
Source :
Fermentation, Vol 8, Iss 10, p 531 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2022.

Abstract

Rice husk, as a cellulose-rich by-product in agriculture, has been considered as a low-cost substrate for the production of bioethanol and chemicals. In this study, rice husk was pretreated with an alkali, followed by cellulose and β-glucosidase hydrolysis optimized by an orthogonal experiment and response surface methodology (RSM), respectively. Under the optimal treatment conditions, a hydrolysate containing a high reducing sugar yield (77.85%) was obtained from the rice husk. Then, the hydrolysate was used as a carbon substrate for butyric acid production through Clostridium tyrobutyricum Δpta fermentation. Compared to free-cell fermentation, higher concentrations of butyric acid (50.01 g/L vs. 40.8 g/L and 49.03 g/L vs. 27.49 g/L) were observed in immobilized-cell fermentation for the carbon source of glucose and hydrolysate, respectively. A final butyric acid concentration of 16.91 g/L, a yield of 0.31 g/g, and an overall productivity of 0.35 g/L/h from rice husk hydrolysate were obtained in the repeated-fed-batch mode. Taken together, rice husk hydrolysate can be effectively utilized for the bioproduction of butyrate with immobilized-cell fermentation.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
23115637
Volume :
8
Issue :
10
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Fermentation
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.25e867c8b36341b2b367d79c333b5fe3
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation8100531