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Table 3 Comparison of the performance of butanol fermentation from glycerol and glucose with different Clostridium species

From: Bio-butanol production from glycerol with Clostridium pasteurianum CH4: the effects of butyrate addition and in situ butanol removal via membrane distillation

Strain

Carbon source

Butanol concentration (g L−1)

Yield (g butanol/g carbon source)

Carbon source utilization (%)

Fermentation strategy

References

C. pasteurianum DSM 525

Glycerol (170 g L−1)

3.33

0.12

16.2

Batch

[7]

C. pasteurianum DSM 525

Glycerol (114.6 g L−1)

14.3

0.2

55.5

Batch

[6]

C. pasteurianum ATCC 6013

Glycerol (25 g L−1)

5.8

0.24

96

Batch

[9]

C. pasteurianum DSM 525

Glycerol (25 g L−1)

8.7

0.36

96

Add lactate

[28]

C. pasteurianum CH4

Glycerol (100 g L−1)

12.6

0.20

63.4

Batch

This study

C. pasteurianum CH4

Glycerol (100 g L−1)

29.8

0.31

96.7

Butyrate addition and coupled with membrane distillation

This study

C. acetobutylicum ATCC 824

Glucose (700 g L−1)

105.4

0.24

63.5

Fed-batch and pervaporation

[29]

C. beijerinckii BA101 (mutant)

Glucose (59 g L−1)

11.9

0.27

75.3

Batch

[25]

C. beijerinckii BA101 (mutant)

Glucose (60 g L−1)

16.4

0.27

100

Gas stripping

[25]

C. Saccharoperbutylacetonicum N1–4

Glucose (50 g L−1)

14

0.31

89.4

Batch

[24]

C. beijerinckii P260

Straw hydrolysate (60 g L−1)

12.3

0.23

89

SHF

[30]

C. acetobutylicum JB200

Glucose (475 g L−1)

113.3

0.24

Fed-batch and gas stripping

[31]

C. acetobutylicum ATCC 824

Glucose (280 g L−1)

41.5

0.16

98

Fed-batch coupled with distillation and ultrafiltration

[32]