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Table 5 Value added bio-chemicals from sweet sorghum via microbial conversion

From: Conversion sweet sorghum biomass to produce value-added products

Product

Concentration

Microorganism

Feedstock

Refs.

Lactic acid

60.25 g/L

L. Rhamnosus LA-04-1

Juice

[81]

Lactic acid

121 g/L

B. coagulans and L. rhamnosus

Juice

[82]

Lactic acid

111 g/L

B. coagulans LA1507

Bagasse

[83]

Lactic acid

274.79 g/1 kg sweet sorghum stalk

B. coagulans LA1507

Juice and bagasse

[84]

Bio-butadiene

16 g/l kg sweet sorghum stalk

S. cerevisiae M 3013

Juice

[70]

Poly-β-hydroxyalkanoates

4.36 g/L

B. aryabhattai PKV01

Juice

[85]

 

1.74 g/L

B. aryabhattai S4

Juice

[86]

Lysine

28.8 g/L

Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 21513

Juice

[87]

Astaxanthin

65.4 mg/L

Phaffia rhodozyma

Juice

[88]

 

53.3 mg/L

Phaffia rhodozyma

Juice

[89]

Lipid

73.4% content at 50% juice concentration

Schizochytrium limacinum SR21

Juice

[90]

 

73.26% celluar content

Cryptococcus curvatus ATCC 20509

Bagasse

[91]

Amylases

73.3 U/mL

Nesterenkonia sp. strain F

Bagasse

[92]

Co-production of hydrogen and volatile fatty acid

6.37 mmol/g-substrate H2, 2.33 g/L acetic acid and 2.36 g/L butyric acid

C. thermosaccharolyticum DSM572

Bagasse

[93]

Bacterial cellulose

2.28 g/L from root, 1.82 g/L from stalk, 2.54 g/L from leaf and 0.87 g/L from juice

Acetobacter xylinum ATCC 23767

Juice, root, stalk, and leaf

[94]