A small-scale investigation process for the Clostridium acetobutylicum production of butanol using high-energy carbon heavy ion irradiation.

ABSTRACT: Applied heavy ion irradiation technology and butanol industrial practices as a whole have been used as a strategy for the development of an attractive alternative to petroleum-based fuels. Clostridium acetobutylicum (C. acetobutylicum) strains are well documented as fermentation strains for the production of biobutanol. However, it has been reported that solvent production inhibits the growth of these strains, and the accumulation of acetate also inhibits biomass synthesis, rendering the production of butanol from acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation processes economically challenging. In this manuscript, we propose the use of high-energy carbon heavy ion irradiation from the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou (HIRFL) to obtain a culture with an increased butanol yield. Our findi

SUBMITTER: Jiang TT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6999245 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature