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Table 2 q-rates and yields in batch incubations of A. neopropionicum growing on ethanol

From: Upgrading dilute ethanol to odd-chain carboxylic acids by a synthetic co-culture of Anaerotignum neopropionicum and Clostridium kluyveri

Ethanol

(mM)

q-rates

(mmol i g CDW−1 h−1)

Biomass yield

(g CDW mol ethanol−1)

Product yield

(mol i mol ethanol−1)

qS

qP

qA

YX

YP

YA

YPL

25

42.0 ± 0.6

21.1 ± 0.5

13.9 ± 0.2

1.91 ± 0.05

1.21 ± 0.03

0.38 ± 0.02

0.10 ± 0.01

50

53.0 ± 2.5

23.5 ± 0.8

14.4 ± 0.5

1.27 ± 0.03

0.78 ± 0.01

0.38 ± 0.00

0.40 ± 0.01

100

64.9 ± 0.2

23.7 ± 0.1

13.9 ± 0.1

0.93 ± 0.02

0.60 ± 0.01

0.34 ± 0.00

0.65 ± 0.01

300

ND

18.8 ± 0.8

9.6 ± 0.4

ND

ND

ND

ND

500

ND

10.4 ± 0.8

6.3 ± 0.6

ND

ND

ND

ND

700

ND

8.4 ± 0.5

4.5 ± 0.4

ND

ND

ND

ND

  1. S: substrate (ethanol); P: propionate; A: acetate; X: biomass. PL: propanol
  2. ND: not determined. Ethanol partly evaporated in incubations containing ≥ 300 mM ethanol; therefore, ethanol consumption could not be reliably quantified in those bottles, and the related parameters could not be calculated