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Xylose-fermenting recombinant Zymomonas mobilis has been proposed as a candidate biocatalyst for the production of fuel ethanol from cellulosic biomass and wastes. This study documents the effect of glucose on xylose utilization by recombinant Z. mobilis CP4:pZB5 using a nutrient-rich synthetic (puresugar) hardwood dilute-acid prehydrolyzate medium containing 0.8% (w/v) glucose and 4% (w/v) xylose that was enriched with respect to xylose concentration within the range 6–10% (w/v) xylose. Supplementation with glucose toafinal concentration of 2% (w/v) resulted in faster xylose utilization of both 6% and 8% xylose; however, higher levels of glucose supplementation (>2%) did not result in a decrease in the time required for fermentation of either 6% or 8% xylose. An improvement in the rate of 8% xylose utilization was also achieved through, continuous glucose feeding in which the total glucose concentration was about 1.3% (w/v). This fedbatch experiment was designed to mimic the continuous supply of glucose provided by the cellulose saccharifying enzymes in a simultaneous saccharifying and cofermentation process. The upper limit ethanol concentration at which xylose utilization by recombinant Z. mobilis CP4:pZB5 is completely inhibited is about 5.5% (w/v) at pH 5 and >6% at pH 5.75. At pH 5.75, this level of ethanol was achieved with the following media of pure sugar mixtures (each containing the same sugar loading of 12% (w/v):
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6% xylose+6% glucose;
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8% xylose+4% glucose; and
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4% xylose+8% glucose.
At the level of inoculum used in this study, complete fermentation of the 12% sugar mixtures required 2–3 d (equivalent to a volumetric ethanol productivity of 0.83–1.25 g ethanol/L.h). The sugar-to-ethanol conversion efficiency was 94–96% of theoretical maximum.
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Lawford, H.G., Rousseau, J.D. The effect of glucose on high-level xylose fermentations by recombinant Zymomonas in batch and fed-batch fermentations. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 77, 235–249 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1385/ABAB:77:1-3:235
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