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Cao L, Liu Z, Yu Y, Liang Q, Wei X, Sun H, Fang Y, Zhu C, Kong Q, Fu X, Mou H. Butyrogenic effect of galactosyl and mannosyl carbohydrates and their regulation on piglet intestinal microbiota. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2023; 107:1903-1916. [PMID: 36795139 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-023-12436-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 01/28/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Diarrhea is a global problem that causes economic losses in the pig industry. There is a growing attention on finding new alternatives to antibiotics to solve this problem. Hence, this study aimed to compare the prebiotic activity of low-molecular-weight hydrolyzed guar gum (GMPS) with commercial manno-oligosaccharide (MOS) and galacto-oligosaccharide (GOS). We further identified their combined effects along with probiotic Clostridium butyricum on regulating the intestinal microbiota of diarrheal piglet by in vitro fermentation. All the tested non-digestible carbohydrates (NDCs) showed favorable short-chain fatty acid-producing activity, and GOS and GMPS showed the highest production of lactate and butyrate, respectively. After 48 h of fermentation, the greatest enhancement in the abundance of Clostridium sensu stricto 1 was observed with the combination of GMPS and C. butyricum. Notably, all the selected NDCs significantly decreased the abundances of pathogenic bacteria genera Escherichia-Shigella and Fusobacterium and reduced the production of potentially toxic metabolites, including ammonia nitrogen, indole, and skatole. These findings demonstrated that by associating with the chemical structure, GMPS exhibited butyrogenic effects in stimulating the proliferation of C. butyricum. Thus, our results provided a theoretical foundation for further application of galactosyl and mannosyl NDCs in the livestock industry. KEY POINTS: • Galactosyl and mannosyl NDCs showed selective prebiotic effects. • GMPS, GOS, and MOS reduced pathogenic bacteria and toxic metabolites production. • GMPS specifically enhanced the Clostridium sensu stricto 1 and butyrate production.
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- Linyuan Cao
- College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, No.5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, No.5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, No.5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, No.5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, No.5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, No.5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, No.5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, No.5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, No.5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, China-Canada Joint Laboratory of Food Science and Technology (Nanchang), Key Laboratory of Bioactive Polysaccharides of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang University, No. 235 Nanjing East Road, Nanchang, 330047, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, No.5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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Thieme N, Panitz JC, Held C, Lewandowski B, Schwarz WH, Liebl W, Zverlov V. Milling byproducts are an economically viable substrate for butanol production using clostridial ABE fermentation. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 104:8679-8689. [PMID: 32915256 PMCID: PMC7502454 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-10882-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2020] [Revised: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Butanol is a platform chemical that is utilized in a wide range of industrial products and is considered a suitable replacement or additive to liquid fuels. So far, it is mainly produced through petrochemical routes. Alternative production routes, for example through biorefinery, are under investigation but are currently not at a market competitive level. Possible alternatives, such as acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation by solventogenic clostridia are not market-ready to this day either, because of their low butanol titer and the high costs of feedstocks. Here, we analyzed wheat middlings and wheat red dog, two wheat milling byproducts available in large quantities, as substrates for clostridial ABE fermentation. We could identify ten strains that exhibited good butanol yields on wheat red dog. Two of the best ABE producing strains, Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 and Clostridium diolis DSM 15410, were used to optimize a laboratory-scale fermentation process. In addition, enzymatic pretreatment of both milling byproducts significantly enhanced ABE production rates of the strains C. beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 and C. diolis DSM 15410. Finally, a profitability analysis was performed for small- to mid-scale ABE fermentation plants that utilize enzymatically pretreated wheat red dog as substrate. The estimations show that such a plant could be commercially successful.Key points• Wheat milling byproducts are suitable substrates for clostridial ABE fermentation.• Enzymatic pretreatment of wheat red dog and middlings increases ABE yield.• ABE fermentation plants using wheat red dog as substrate are economically viable. Graphical abstract.
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- Nils Thieme
- Technical University of Munich, Emil-Ramann-Str. 4, 85354, Freising, Germany
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- Technical University of Munich, Emil-Ramann-Str. 4, 85354, Freising, Germany
- Technical University of Munich, Weihenstephaner Berg 3, 85354, Freising, Germany
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- Technical University of Munich, Emil-Ramann-Str. 4, 85354, Freising, Germany
- TDK Electronics AG, Rosenheimer Str. 141e, 81671, Munich, Germany
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- Fritzmeier Umwelttechnik GmbH & Co KG, Dorfstraße 7, 85653, Aying, Germany
- Electrochaea GmbH, Semmelweisstrasse 3, 82152, Planegg, Germany
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- Technical University of Munich, Emil-Ramann-Str. 4, 85354, Freising, Germany
- aspratis GmbH, Huebnerstrasse 11, 80637, Munich, Germany
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- Technical University of Munich, Emil-Ramann-Str. 4, 85354, Freising, Germany
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- Technical University of Munich, Emil-Ramann-Str. 4, 85354, Freising, Germany.
- Institute of Molecular Genetics, RAS, Kurchatov Sq 2, 123128, Moscow, Russia.
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Yu HY, Meade A, Liu SJ. Phylogeny of Clostridium spp. Based on Conservative Genes and Comparisons with Other Trees. Microbiology (Reading) 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s002626171904012x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Sargautiene V, Nakurte I, Nikolajeva V. Broad Prebiotic Potential of Non-starch Polysaccharides from Oats ( Avena sativa L.): an in vitro Study. Pol J Microbiol 2019; 67:307-313. [PMID: 30451447 PMCID: PMC7256768 DOI: 10.21307/pjm-2018-036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Prebiotics inducing the growth or activity of beneficial intestinal bacteria – probiotics producing short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) have lately received wide recognition for their beneficial influence on host intestinal microbiota and metabolic health. Some non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) are defined as prebiotics and oats being one of richest sources of NSP in grains are considered as potentially having prebiotic effect. However, information on fermentation of specific NSP of oats is limited. Moreover, bacterial cross-feeding interactions in which fermentation of prebiotics is involved is poorly characterized. Here, we report the exploration of new candidates for the syntrophic bacterial interactions and fermentability of oat non-starch polysaccharides (NSP). The results obtained by differentiating composition, viscosity and concentration of oats NSP in fermentation medium showed that Bacillus licheniformis pre-digests oat NSP, degrades high viscosity of oat β-glucan and makes hemicellulose easier to access for other bacteria. Because of fermentation, B. licheniformis produces lactic and succinic acids, which further can be used by other bacteria for cross-feeding and SCFA production.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
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- Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
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Hughes SR, Qureshi N, López-Núñez JC, Jones MA, Jarodsky JM, Galindo-Leva LÁ, Lindquist MR. Utilization of inulin-containing waste in industrial fermentations to produce biofuels and bio-based chemicals. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 33:78. [PMID: 28341907 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-017-2241-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2016] [Accepted: 03/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Inulins are polysaccharides that belong to an important class of carbohydrates known as fructans and are used by many plants as a means of storing energy. Inulins contain 20 to several thousand fructose units joined by β-2,1 glycosidic bonds, typically with a terminal glucose unit. Plants with high concentrations of inulin include: agave, asparagus, coffee, chicory, dahlia, dandelion, garlic, globe artichoke, Jerusalem artichoke, jicama, onion, wild yam, and yacón. To utilize inulin as its carbon and energy source directly, a microorganism requires an extracellular inulinase to hydrolyze the glycosidic bonds to release fermentable monosaccharides. Inulinase is produced by many microorganisms, including species of Aspergillus, Kluyveromyces, Penicillium, and Pseudomonas. We review various inulinase-producing microorganisms and inulin feedstocks with potential for industrial application as well as biotechnological efforts underway to develop sustainable practices for the disposal of residues from processing inulin-containing crops. A multi-stage biorefinery concept is proposed to convert cellulosic and inulin-containing waste produced at crop processing operations to valuable biofuels and bioproducts using Kluyveromyces marxianus, Yarrowia lipolytica, Rhodotorula glutinis, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae as well as thermochemical treatments.
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- Stephen R Hughes
- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR), 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA.
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- Bioenergy Research Unit, USDA, ARS, NCAUR, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- National Coffee Research Centre (Cenicafe), National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia (FNC), Cenicafé Planalto Km 4 vía Antigua Chinchiná, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
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- Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 61790, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 61790, USA
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- National Coffee Research Centre (Cenicafe), National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia (FNC), Cenicafé Planalto Km 4 vía Antigua Chinchiná, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR), 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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Draft genome sequences of clostridium strains native to Colombia with the potential to produce solvents. GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS 2015; 3:3/3/e00486-15. [PMID: 25999575 PMCID: PMC4440955 DOI: 10.1128/genomea.00486-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Genomes from four Clostridium sp. strains considered to be mesophilic anaerobic bacteria, isolated from crop soil in Colombia, with a strong potential to produce alcohols like 1,3-propanediol, were analyzed. We present the draft genome of these strains, which will be useful for developing genetic engineering strategies.
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Hu G, Ji S, Yu Y, Wang S, Zhou G, Li F. Organisms for biofuel production: natural bioresources and methodologies for improving their biosynthetic potentials. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2015; 147:185-224. [PMID: 24085385 DOI: 10.1007/10_2013_245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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In order to relieve the pressure of energy supply and environment contamination that humans are facing, there are now intensive worldwide efforts to explore natural bioresources for production of energy storage compounds, such as lipids, alcohols, hydrocarbons, and polysaccharides. Around the world, many plants have been evaluated and developed as feedstock for bioenergy production, among which several crops have successfully achieved industrialization. Microalgae are another group of photosynthetic autotroph of interest due to their superior growth rates, relatively high photosynthetic conversion efficiencies, and vast metabolic capabilities. Heterotrophic microorganisms, such as yeast and bacteria, can utilize carbohydrates from lignocellulosic biomass directly or after pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis to produce liquid biofuels such as ethanol and butanol. Although finding a suitable organism for biofuel production is not easy, many naturally occurring organisms with good traits have recently been obtained. This review mainly focuses on the new organism resources discovered in the last 5 years for production of transport fuels (biodiesel, gasoline, jet fuel, and alkanes) and hydrogen, and available methods to improve natural organisms as platforms for the production of biofuels.
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- Guangrong Hu
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China
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Panitz J, Zverlov V, Pham V, Stürzl S, Schieder D, Schwarz W. Isolation of a solventogenic Clostridium sp. strain: Fermentation of glycerol to n-butanol, analysis of the bcs operon region and its potential regulatory elements. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:1-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2013] [Revised: 10/21/2013] [Accepted: 10/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Wang H, Shi Y, Zhang S, Gao X, Liu F, Zhang H, Dai Y, Wang Y, Lu F. The Vitro Fermentation of Six Functional Oligosaccharides by Clostridium butyricum TK2 and Clostridium butyricum CB8. FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH 2014. [DOI: 10.3136/fstr.20.1005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Sharmin F, Wakelin S, Huygens F, Hargreaves M. Firmicutes dominate the bacterial taxa within sugar-cane processing plants. Sci Rep 2013; 3:3107. [PMID: 24177592 PMCID: PMC3814580 DOI: 10.1038/srep03107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2012] [Accepted: 10/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Sugar cane processing sites are characterised by high sugar/hemicellulose levels, available moisture and warm conditions, and are relatively unexplored unique microbial environments. The PhyloChip microarray was used to investigate bacterial diversity and community composition in three Australian sugar cane processing plants. These ecosystems were highly complex and dominated by four main Phyla, Firmicutes (the most dominant), followed by Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Chloroflexi. Significant variation (p < 0.05) in community structure occurred between samples collected from 'floor dump sediment', 'cooling tower water', and 'bagasse leachate'. Many bacterial Classes contributed to these differences, however most were of low numerical abundance. Separation in community composition was also linked to Classes of Firmicutes, particularly Bacillales, Lactobacillales and Clostridiales, whose dominance is likely to be linked to their physiology as 'lactic acid bacteria', capable of fermenting the sugars present. This process may help displace other bacterial taxa, providing a competitive advantage for Firmicutes bacteria.
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- Farhana Sharmin
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Level 5, Q Block, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, GPO Box 2434, Qld 4001, Australia
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Li L, Li L, Wang Y, Du Y, Qin S. Biorefinery products from the inulin-containing crop Jerusalem artichoke. Biotechnol Lett 2012; 35:471-7. [DOI: 10.1007/s10529-012-1104-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2012] [Accepted: 11/16/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Biffinger JC, Fitzgerald LA, Howard EC, Petersen ER, Fulmer PA, Wu PK, Ringeisen BR. Controlling autonomous underwater floating platforms using bacterial fermentation. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 97:135-42. [PMID: 22851013 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4296-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2012] [Revised: 07/08/2012] [Accepted: 07/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Biogenic gas has a wide range of energy applications from being used as a source for crude bio-oil components to direct ignition for heating. The current study describes the use of biogenic gases from Clostridium acetobutylicum for a new application-renewable ballast regeneration for autonomous underwater devices. Uninterrupted (continuous) and blocked flow (pressurization) experiments were performed to determine the overall biogas composition and total volume generated from a semirigid gelatinous matrix. For stopped flow experiments, C. acetobutylicum generated a maximum pressure of 55 psi over 48 h composed of 60 % hydrogen gas when inoculated in a 5 % agar (w/v) support with 5 % glucose (w/v) in the matrix. Typical pressures over 24 h at 318 K ranged from 10 to 33 psi. These blocked flow experiments show for the first time the use of microbial gas production as a way to repressurize gas cylinders. Continuous flow experiments successfully demonstrated how to deliver biogas to an open ballast control configuration for deployable underwater platforms. This study is a starting point for engineering and microbiology investigations of biogas which will advance the integration of biology within autonomous systems.
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- Justin C Biffinger
- Chemistry Division, US Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20375, USA.
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Novel and neglected issues of acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation by clostridia: Clostridium metabolic diversity, tools for process mapping and continuous fermentation systems. Biotechnol Adv 2012; 31:58-67. [PMID: 22306328 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2012.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2011] [Revised: 01/16/2012] [Accepted: 01/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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This review emphasises the fact that studies of acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation by solventogenic clostridia cannot be limited to research on the strain Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824. Various 1-butanol producing species of the genus Clostridium, which differ in their patterns of product formation and abilities to ferment particular carbohydrates or glycerol, are described. Special attention is devoted to species and strains that do not produce acetone naturally and to the utilisation of lactose, inulin, glycerol and mixtures of pentose and hexose carbohydrates. Furthermore, process-mapping tools based on different principles, including flow cytometry, DNA microarray analysis, mass spectrometry, Raman microscopy, FT-IR spectroscopy and anisotropy of electrical polarisability, which might facilitate fermentation control and a deeper understanding of ABE fermentation, are introduced. At present, the methods with the greatest potential are flow cytometry and transcriptome analysis. Flow cytometry can be used to visualise and capture cells within clostridial populations as they progress through the normal cell cycle, in which symmetric and asymmetric cell division phases alternate. Cell viability of a population of Clostridium pasteurianum NRRL B-598 was determined by flow cytometry. Transcriptome analysis has been used in various studies including the detection of genes expressed in solventogenic phase, at sporulation, in the stress response, to compare expression patterns of different strains or parent and mutant strains, for studies of catabolite repression, and for the detection of genes involved in the transport and metabolism of 11 different carbohydrates. Interestingly, the results of transcriptome analysis also challenge our earlier understanding of the role of the Spo0A regulator in initiation of solventogenesis in C. acetobutylicum ATCC 824. Lastly, the review describes other significant recent discoveries, including the deleterious effects of intracellular formic acid accumulation in C. acetobutylicum DSM 1731 cells on the metabolic switch from acidogenesis to solventogenesis and the development of a high-cell density continuous system using Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum N1-4, in which 1-butanol productivity of 7.99 g/L/h was reached.
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Bramono SE, Lam YS, Ong SL, He J. A mesophilic Clostridium species that produces butanol from monosaccharides and hydrogen from polysaccharides. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2011; 102:9558-63. [PMID: 21852120 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.07.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2011] [Revised: 07/18/2011] [Accepted: 07/20/2011] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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A unique mesophilic Clostridium species strain BOH3 is obtained in this study, which is capable of fermenting monosaccharides to produce butanol and hydrolyzing polysaccharides to produce hydrogen (H(2)) and volatile fatty acids (VFAs). From 30 g/L of glucose and xylose each, batch culture BOH3 was able to produce 4.67 and 4.63 g/L of butanol. Enhancement treatments by increasing the inoculated cells improved butanol production to 7.05 and 7.41 g/L, respectively. Hydrogen production (2.47 and 1.93 mmol) was observed when cellulose and xylan (10 g/L each) were used, suggesting that strain BOH3 possesses xylanolytic and cellulolytic capabilities. These unique features reveal the strain's novelty as most wild-type solventogenic strains have not been reported to have such properties. Therefore, culture BOH3 is promising in generating butanol and hydrogen from renewable feedstock.
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- Sandhi Eko Bramono
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Block E2-02-13, 1 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore 117576, Singapore
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Berezina OV, Sineoky SP, Velikodvorskaya GA, Schwarz W, Zverlov VV. Extracellular glycosyl hydrolase activity of the Clostridium strains producing acetone, butanol, and ethanol. APPL BIOCHEM MICRO+ 2011. [DOI: 10.1134/s0003683808010079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Senger RS, Papoutsakis ET. Genome-scale model for Clostridium acetobutylicum: Part I. Metabolic network resolution and analysis. Biotechnol Bioeng 2008; 101:1036-52. [PMID: 18767192 DOI: 10.1002/bit.22010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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A genome-scale metabolic network reconstruction for Clostridium acetobutylicum (ATCC 824) was carried out using a new semi-automated reverse engineering algorithm. The network consists of 422 intracellular metabolites involved in 552 reactions and includes 80 membrane transport reactions. The metabolic network illustrates the reliance of clostridia on the urea cycle, intracellular L-glutamate solute pools, and the acetylornithine transaminase for amino acid biosynthesis from the 2-oxoglutarate precursor. The semi-automated reverse engineering algorithm identified discrepancies in reaction network databases that are major obstacles for fully automated network-building algorithms. The proposed semi-automated approach allowed for the conservation of unique clostridial metabolic pathways, such as an incomplete TCA cycle. A thermodynamic analysis was used to determine the physiological conditions under which proposed pathways (e.g., reverse partial TCA cycle and reverse arginine biosynthesis pathway) are feasible. The reconstructed metabolic network was used to create a genome-scale model that correctly characterized the butyrate kinase knock-out and the asolventogenic M5 pSOL1 megaplasmid degenerate strains. Systematic gene knock-out simulations were performed to identify a set of genes encoding clostridial enzymes essential for growth in silico.
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- Ryan S Senger
- Delaware Biotechnology Institute, University of Delaware, 15 Innovation Way Newark, Delaware 19711, USA.
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Papoutsakis ET. Engineering solventogenic clostridia. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2008; 19:420-9. [PMID: 18760360 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2008.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 229] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2008] [Revised: 07/23/2008] [Accepted: 08/01/2008] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Solventogenic clostridia are strictly anaerobic, endospore forming bacteria that produce a large array of primary metabolites, like butanol, by anaerobically degrading simple and complex carbohydrates, including cellulose and hemicellulose. Two genomes have been sequenced and some genetic tools have been developed, but more are now urgently needed. Genomic tools for designing, and assessing the impact of, genetic modifications are well developed. Early efforts to metabolically engineer these organisms suggest that they are promising organisms for biorefinery applications. Pathway engineering efforts have resulted in interesting strains, but global engineering of their transcriptional machinery has produced better outcomes. Future efforts are expected to undertake the development of complex multigenic phenotypes, such as aerotolerance, solvent tolerance, high-cell density fermentations, abolished sporulation without impacting product formation, and genetic stability for continuous bioprocessing.
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- Eleftherios T Papoutsakis
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, 15 Innovation Way, Newark, DE 19711, USA.
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Solventogenic-cellulolytic clostridia from 4-step-screening process in agricultural waste and cow intestinal tract. Anaerobe 2007; 14:109-17. [PMID: 18242107 DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2007.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2007] [Revised: 10/18/2007] [Accepted: 11/01/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A clostridial bacterium is accepted to be one of the important and efficient microorganisms for the application in fuel fermentation process. However, the lack of cellulolytic activity of cellulosome in this organism appears to be one of the main important problems for efficient production of the fuel. It is therefore interesting to search for the genetic resource of natural clostridial bacteria for the application in bioengineering. Presently, Clostridium species selection and identification are based on various physiological properties tests. This article developed the way for a 4-step screening process via mainly three criteria and 16S rDNA identification. In this study, solvent-producing clostridial bacteria were successfully isolated from decomposed sources, cow feaces, and dry grass in Thailand. Anaerobes were screened by cellulolytic activity and butanol tolerance in selective media that composed of basal media supplemented with 2% cellulose and 5% butanol. Thirty isolates of cellulolytic and butanol-tolerant anaerobic bacteria were obtained from screening in this medium. Fifteen isolates were rapidly classified as in the class Clostridia by three selected criteria (endospore formation, sulfite-reducing ability, and metabolic products). Secondary metabolites of the bacteria such as acetone, butanol and ethanol were varied depending on the process. Clostridial differential medium was used as a genus identification tool. Finally, PCR-amplified gene fragments coding for 16S rDNA were analyzed as a key to identify bacteria species. This process can be used to screen and identify Clostridium species in short period. Cellulosome and non-cellulosome cellulases productivity were analyzed. The results revealed that the selected cellulolytic strains (such as Fea-PA) exhibited EngD non-cellulosome cellulase activity especially endoglucanase activity on carboxymethyl cellulose. The selective system in this research was appropriate for the screening of Clostridiaceae in a similarity range between 83% and 100%.
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Jaimes CP, Bernal M M, Suárez ZR, Montoya D. AFLP fingerprinting of Colombian Clostridium spp strains, multivariate data analysis and its taxonomical implications. J Microbiol Methods 2006; 67:64-9. [PMID: 16626825 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2006.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2005] [Revised: 12/26/2005] [Accepted: 03/02/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) analysis was used for characterising 13 native Colombian Clostridium spp strains. The DNA extraction method was optimised and the use of cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) and sodium chloride (NaCl) was incorporated. All strains could be typed in these conditions. The AFLP profiles obtained were submitted to multivariate analysis and compared with previous pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) results. The results suggested that the set of native strains could correspond to two new species different to those having been described to date. It is proposed that DNA-DNA hybridisation analysis should be done to produce complementary information for describing the new species.
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- Claudia P Jaimes
- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional de Colombia A.A. 14490, Colombia.
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Zverlov VV, Berezina O, Velikodvorskaya GA, Schwarz WH. Bacterial acetone and butanol production by industrial fermentation in the Soviet Union: use of hydrolyzed agricultural waste for biorefinery. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2006; 71:587-97. [PMID: 16685494 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0445-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2006] [Revised: 03/24/2006] [Accepted: 03/27/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Clostridial acetone-butanol fermentation from renewable carbohydrates used to be the largest biotechnological process second only to yeast ethanol fermentation and the largest process ever run under sterile conditions. With the rising prices for mineral oil, it has now the economical and technological potential to replace petrochemistry for the production of fuels from renewable resources. Various methods for using non-food biomass such as cellulose and hemicellulose in agricultural products and wastes have been developed at laboratory scale. To our knowledge, the AB plants in Russia were the only full-scale industrial plants which used hydrolyzates of lignocellosic waste for butanol fermentation. These plants were further developed into the 1980s, and the process was finally run in a continual mode different from plants in Western countries. A biorefinery concept for the use of all by-products has been elaborated and was partially put into practice. The experience gained in the Soviet Union forms a promising basis for the development of modern large-scale processes to replace a considerable fraction of the current chemical production of fuel for our future needs on a sustainable basis.
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- V V Zverlov
- Institute for Microbiology, Technische Universität München, Am Hochanger 4, 85350 Freising, Germany.
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Schwarz WH, Zverlov VV, Bahl H. Extracellular Glycosyl Hydrolases from Clostridia. ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2004; 56:215-61. [PMID: 15566981 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2164(04)56007-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Wolfgang H Schwarz
- Technical University of Munich Institute of Microbiology, D-85350 Freising, Germany
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