Efficient bioconversion of furfural to furfuryl alcohol by Bacillus coagulans NL01.

ABSTRACT: Bio-catalysis is an attractive alternative to replace chemical methods due to its high selectivity and mild reaction conditions. Furfural is an important bio-based platform compound generated from biomass. Herein, the bio-catalytic reduction of furfural (FAL) to furfuryl alcohol (FOL) was performed by using a furfural tolerant strain, Bacillus coagulans NL01. An efficient co-substrate was explored and a high conversion and selectivity of FAL to FOL was reported over this bio-catalytic system using glucose as co-substrate. As the bioconversion occurred over 42 mM FAL, 20 g L^-1 glucose and 9 mg mL^-1 at 50 °C, a high conversion and selectivity was obtained by 3 h reaction. This transformation rate of FAL was the highest compared with other reactions. Furthermore,

SUBMITTER: Yan Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9083097 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature