EFFECT OF FURFURAL AND ETHANOL ON THE GROWTH AND ENERGETICS OF YEAST UNDER MICROAEROBIC CONDITIONS
EFFECT OF FURFURAL AND ETHANOL ON THE GROWTH AND ENERGETICS OF YEAST UNDER MICROAEROBIC CONDITIONS
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1986.tb26517.x
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发表时间:
1986-05-22
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
MUTHARASAN, R
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作者:
FIREOVED, RL;MUTHARASAN, R
An alternative route to the enzymatic conversion of cellulosic materials is the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of biomass; however, one disadvantage of acid hydrolysis is the production of by-products, some of which inhibit growth and alcohol production of yeasts and other microorganisms. Consequently, it is important to quantify the effects of acid hydrolysis by-products on ethanol fermentation. The major by-products of acid hydrolysis of cellulosics include furfural, hydroxymethyl furfural, formic acid, and levulinic acid.’.*In this paper, a stoichiometric model based on the knowledge of biochemical pathways present in yeasts is proposed. This model relates the macroscopic variables of yeasts to their growth and energetics so that the effect of growth inhibitors on the energetic parameters can be studied. The model closely resembles the component balance approach’and relates the microbial energetics to the macroscopic behavior of yeast culture by a method analogous to Pirt’s form~ lation.~ The model is simple and yet allows quantification of the experimental results so that occurrences of “uncoupled growth” can be discerned. Furthermore, relating the activity or growth of a microorganism to a biologically useful form of energy, ATP, is an intuitive and expedient concept, particularly because the stoichiometric constraints of important metabolic transformations are incorporated into the model. While attempts are being made to develop a dynamic model based on the present approach, in this paper we consider the steady-state application of the model and evaluate the effects of growth inhibitors such as ethanol and furfural on the energetics of growth. The latter theme is of particular importance as there have been many reports in the recent past claiming the possibility of impaired growth parameters in the presence of growth inhibitors.’