Microbial production of value-added products

这项提案要求索尔瓦尔RC6型PLUS超高速离心机配备碳纤维转子和附件，以支持J Ramsay和P Chample在“利用可再生资源微生物生产附加值产品”方面的研究计划。离心机将在评估农业废弃物生物质转化为可发酵糖的效率和转化以及监测中间体和所需生物燃料(乙醇、甲烷)和生物制品(中链长度聚羟基烷酸酯)生产中的营养消耗的所有分析中发挥非常重要的作用。可以获得的分析信息在开发工业过程中是必不可少的。离心机是在分析之前从上清液中分离生物质的最简单和最有效的手段，也是回收大量水解木质纤维素以转化为生物燃料或生物产品以及回收足够的MCL-PHA用于材料表征和改性的最简单和最有效的手段。我们无法获得能够满足我们需要的设备，而我们目前的设备是不够的。所要求的离心机将允许我们在每次实验中处理更多的样本，这样我们就可以有更好的数据来帮助我们开发可靠、高效的工业流程。我们预计，23-30个总部将受益于该设备的使用。所要求的设备将支持有利于环境和加拿大经济的研究，因为它是开发基于生物的工艺的关键设备，这些工艺将生产燃料和产品，特别是利用可再生资源和废弃农业生物质生产生物乙醇和生物塑料。这将减少我们对日益昂贵的基于石油的资源的依赖，并可能创造新的行业和新的就业机会。

This proposal requests a Sorvall Model RC6 plus Superspeed Centrifuge with carbon fiber rotors and accessories to support the research programs of J Ramsay and P Champagne in the "Microbial production of value-added products from renewable resources". The centrifuge will be invaluable in about 90-95% of all analyses to assess the efficiency and conversion of agricultural waste biomass to fermentable sugars as well as monitoring the consumption of nutrients in the production of intermediates and desired biofuels (ethanol, methane) and bioproducts (medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates). The analytical information that can be obtained is essential in developing industrial processes. The centrifuge is the easiest and most efficient means to separate the biomass from the supernatant prior to analysis as well as in the recovery of large volumes of hydrolyzed lignocellulosics for conversion to a biofuel or bioproduct and the recovery of sufficient MCL-PHA for material characterization and modification. We do not have access to equipment which can meet our needs and our present equipment is in adequate. The requested centrifuge will allows us to process more samples per experiment so that we can have better data to help us develop reliable, efficient industrial processes. We anticipate that 23-30 HQP will benefit from the use of this equipment. The requested equipment will support research that will benefit the environment and the Canadian economy as it is a key piece of equipment in developing bio-based processes which will produce fuels and products, specifically bioethanol and bioplastics from renewable sources and waste agricultural biomass. This will reduce our dependency on an increasingly more expensive petroleum based resource and can potentially create new industries and new jobs.