Journal
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING
Volume 127, Issue 5, Pages 594-601Publisher
SOC BIOSCIENCE BIOENGINEERING JAPAN
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2018.10.008
Keywords
Sugarcane biorefinery; Vinasse management; Dark fermentation; Value-added soluble products; Inoculum pretreatment; Molecular analyses
Funding
- Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) [2016/16438-3, 2012/09785-8]
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [16/16438-3, 12/09785-8] Funding Source: FAPESP
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The role of sugarcane vinasse as a nutrient source and the impacts of different inoculum pretreatment methods (acid thermal and thermal treatment) were assessed in acidogenic systems aiming to produce value-added short-chain organic acids (SCOA) and alcohols. In-depth microbiome characterization was also conducted by high-throughput sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene using the Miseq Illumina platform. SCOA production was 473 % higher in vinassefed reactors, with isobutyric (up to 10,3 g L-1) and butyric (up to 10.6 g L-1) acids as the primary metabolites most likely resulting from lactate conversion. Ethanol comprised the main product from solventogenic pathways in all conditions, with values ranging between 2.7 and 5.2 g L-1,whereas no butanol was detected. Microbial analyses revealed high relative abundance values for the Clostridium, Lactobacillus, Bacillus and Ruminococcus genera, with the predominance of the Clostridium genus (17%) in acid-thermal treatment reactors and the Lactobacillus genus (37%) in thermal treatment reactors. Overall, vinasse proved to be a suitable substrate for value-added SCOA production, which characterizes a potential management approach to this wastewater stream. In this sense, the biochemical production of butyrate from vinasse could diversify the product portfolio of sugarcane biorefineries, also minimizing bioenergy losses by converting residual carbon fractions. (C) 2018, The Society for Biotechnology, Japan. All rights reserved.
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