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Enhancement of Butanol Production in a Newly Selected Strain through Accelerating Phase Shift by Different Phases C/N Ratio Regulation from Puerariae Slag Hydrolysate

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To obtain native strains to efficiently use puerariae slag (PS) hydrolysate and resistant butanol toxicity, a self-designed isolation method was adopted. With this effort, the strain YBS3 was obtained. Based on 16S rDNA comparison, the strain YBS3 was identified as Clostridium beijerinckii. The feasibility of using PS hydrolysate as substrate to produce butanol was evaluated. A significant phase shift delay was encountered in acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation process, and then leaded to low production and productivity of butanol. However, when the C/N ratio regulation strategy was performed at mid-logarithmic phase, the problem of the phase shift delay was smoothly solved and the yield and productivity of butanol was improved. Specifically, the final production and productivity of butanol were 9.75 ± 0.14 g/L and 0.18 g/(L·h), respectively, which was 46.40% and 125.00% higher than without C/N ratio regulation. This study confirms that the accelerating phase shift is a convenient but effective approach, thereby is a promising technology for improving ABE fermentation performance.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21466014), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province (Grant No. 20202BABL203042), the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Education Scientific Research Project (Grant No.GJJ160388), the Doctoral Starting up Foundation of Jiangxi Agricultural University (Grant No. 9232305387), and the Training Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Undergraduates from Jiangxi Agricultural University (Grant No. 201810410015). We wish to thank Yuyu Li for helpful discussion on this manuscript.

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Zhou, Z., Luo, Y., Peng, S. et al. Enhancement of Butanol Production in a Newly Selected Strain through Accelerating Phase Shift by Different Phases C/N Ratio Regulation from Puerariae Slag Hydrolysate. Biotechnol Bioproc E 26, 256–264 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12257-020-0133-3

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