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Table 1 Average sunflower oil and oleyl alcohol extraction efficiency during extractive fermentation

From: Reactor microbiome enriches vegetable oil with n-caproate and n-caprylate for potential functionalized feed additive production via extractive lactate-based chain elongation

Parameter

Carboxylate

Lactate

Food waste

Sunflower oil

Oleyl alcohol

Sunflower oil

Oleyl alcohol

Final pH

 

6 ± 0.1

6.5 ± 0.1

4.8 ± 0

4.9 ± 0

KD

(distribution ratio)

nC4

0.1 ± 0

0.1 ± 0

0.2 ± 0

1 ± 0

nC5

0.2 ± 0

0.2 ± 0.2

0.6 ± 0

2.9 ± 0.1

nC6

0.5 ± 0.1

1.5 ± 0.3

2.5 ± 0

14.9 ± 0.4

nC8

n.a

n.a

1.1 ± 0.1

1.1 ± 0.1

P

(partition coefficient)

nC4

1 ± 0.3

0.2 ± 0

2.6 ± 0.1

0.4 ± 0

nC5

0.4 ± 0.1

0.1 ± 0

0.9 ± 0

0.1 ± 0

nC6

0.1 ± 0

0 ± 0

0.2 ± 0

0 ± 0

nC8

n.a

n.a

0.5 ± 0

0.5 ± 0.1

Recovery [%]

nC4

2.3 ± 0.3

2.7 ± 0.7

5.6 ± 0.1

23.4 ± 0.3

nC5

5.7 ± 0.8

5.9 ± 5.9

15.4 ± 0.3

48.1 ± 1.1

nC6

14.4 ± 1.4

31.4 ± 5.2

44.5 ± 0.1

82.5 ± 0.4

nC8

n.a

n.a

26.3 ± 1.8

25 ± 2.1

Specificity [%]

nC4

18.2 ± 1

43.6 ± 13.8

30.3 ± 0.1

50.2 ± 3

nC5

8.6 ± 1.9

3.4 ± 3.4

2.1 ± 0

2.6 ± 0.1

nC6

44.1 ± 14.5

41.4 ± 12.2

54.9 ± 0

32.8 ± 3.7

nC8

n.a

n.a

1 ± 0.1

0.3 ± 0