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Table 1 Fermentation parameters of thermophiles for ethanol or butanol production

From: Metabolic engineering of Thermoanaerobacterium aotearoense strain SCUT27 for biofuels production from sucrose and molasses

Strain

Genotype or phenotype

Substrate

Products

Fermentation mode

Titer (g/L)

Yield (g/g)

References

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Thermotolerant mutant (40 °C)

molasses

Ethanol

5 L tank

72.40

0.36

[65]

Kluyveromyces marxianus

Wild type (42 °C)

Wheat straw

Ethanol

Fed-Batch

10.70–21.10

0.36–0.38

[66]

P. kudriavzevii DSA3.2

45 °C

Rice straw

Ethanol

SSF

10.53

0.43

[67]

T. aotearoense strain P8S10

Δldh/ΔargR::scrB(G3-1)-scrA(CA)/Δrex

Cane molasses

Ethanol

Fed-Batch

33.94

0.39

This study

T. thermosaccharolyticum DSM 571

Overexpression of native thl, hbd, crt, bcd, etfA, and etfB

Cellobiose

Butanol

Batch

0.38

0.04

[40]

T. saccharolyticum JW/SL-YS485

Δldh, integration of butanol synthetic way

Xylose

Butanol

Batch

1.05

0.10

[41]

Thermoanaerobacterium sp. M5

Wild type

Xylan

(+ FeCl2)

Butanol

Batch

1.17

0.04

[15]

T. thermosaccharolyticum TG57

Wild type (with no ethanol or butyrate byproducts)

Cellulose

Butanol

Batch

1.93

0.20

[68]

Xylan

Butanol

Batch

3.63

0.23

T. aotearoense strain P8SB2

Δldh::adhE2-hbd-thl/Δrex::crt-bcd-etfAB/Δtdk::scrBA

Sucrose

Butanol

Serum bottle

0.93

0.08

This study

Ethanol

3.09

0.25

T. aotearoense strain P8SB4

Δldh/ΔargR::adhE2-hbd-thl/ Δrex::crt-bcd-etfAB/Δtdk::scrBA

Molasses

Butanol

Fed-batch

3.22

0.06

This study

Ethanol

21.36

0.38