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Table 2 Fermentation products of Caldicellulosiruptor DIB004C alone and in co-cultures with Thermoanaerobacter DIB004G and DIB097X

From: Single-step ethanol production from lignocellulose using novel extremely thermophilic bacteria

Culture

Substrate

Fermentation products

  

Ethanol mM

Acetate mM

Lactate mM

Ethanol:Acetate:Lactate mM:mM:mM

Total products mM

Ethanol yield mol%

DIB004C

Avicel (10 g/l)

2.7 ± 0.2

21.4 ± 0.1

9.0 ± 0.1

1 : 8.0 : 3.4

33.0 ± 0.0

8.1 ± 0.5

DIB004G

no growth

DIB097X

no growth

DIB004C+DIB004G

8.8 ± 0.7

19.9 ± 0.1

11.0 ± 0.6

1 : 2.3 : 1.3

39.7 ± 1.1

22.1 ± 1.3

DIB004C+DIB097X

10.3 ± 0.7

18.6 ± 0.7

11.8 ± 0.6

1 : 1.8 : 1.1

40.7 ± 0.8

25.4 ± 1.1

DIB004C

washed pretreated poplar (2.9 g/l)

1.5 ± 0.1

10.9 ± 0.2

6.2 ± 0.8

1 : 7.2 : 4.1

18.6 ± 0.8

8.1 ± 1.0

DIB004G

no growth

DIB097X

no growth

DIB004C+DIB004G

5.7 ± 0.3

14.0 ± 0.2

6.6 ± 0.9

1 : 2.5 : 1.2

26.3 ± 1.4

21.7 ± 0.1

DIB004C+DIB097X

3.7 ± 0.2

14.1 ± 0.4

8.3 ± 1.3

1 : 3.9 : 2.3

26.1 ± 1.5

14.0 ± 1.6

DIB004C

unwashed pretreated poplar (10 g/l)

2.6 ± 0.2

12.0 ± 0.2

6.1 ± 0.2

1 : 4.6 : 2.3

20.7 ± 0.2

12.6 ± 1.0

DIB004G

4.3 ± 0.3

4.4 ± 0.6

3.0 ± 0.1

1 : 1.0 : 0.7

11.7 ± 0.4

37.0 ± 3.8

DIB097X

5.1 ± 0.1

4.3 ± 0.3

0.0 ± 0.0

1 : 0.8 : 0.0

9.4 ± 0.2

54.5 ± 2.2

DIB004C+DIB004G

5.7 ± 0.4

11.6 ± 0.1

3.1 ± 0.0

1 : 2.0 : 0.5

20.4 ± 0.4

27.9 ± 1.2

DIB004C+DIB097X

 

7.0 ± 0.1

11.4 ± 0.2

3.5 ± 0.4

1 : 1.6 : 0.5

21.8 ± 0.6

32.1 ± 0.6

  1. Cultures were grown at 72°C for 6 days in flasks with shaking at 100 rpm. Experiments were performed in duplicates.