Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION
Volume 31, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.eti.2023.103183
Keywords
Clostridium autoethanogenum; Bioelectrochemical system; Electro-fermentation; pH control; Redox mediator
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This study investigates the effect of pH control and addition of a redox mediator on the growth and metabolites distribution of Clostridium autoethanogenum during electro-fermentation. The results show that pH control and the use of a redox mediator significantly improve biomass generation and the production of lactate and acetate during electro-fermentation.
Clostridium autoethanogenum is a gram-positive anaerobic bacterium that grows het-erotrophically using fructose as a substrate, producing organic acids (formic, lactic, and acetic acid) and alcohols (ethanol and 2,3-butanediol). Literature reports show that electro-fermentation (EF) helps achieve higher production yields with Clostridium strains. EF involves manipulating microbial metabolism by applying an external potential using solid-state electrodes with/without redox mediators. However, the decrease in pH value can limit cellular viability and substrate conversion during the fermentation process. This work studies the effect of pH and neutral red as an electron transport on the kinetic of the growth and metabolites distribution during EF of C. autoethanogenum. Fermentation and EF experiments using C. autoethanogenum were performed in two-chamber H-type reactors. Biomass generation and product distribution were recorded in fermentations at pH 5.8 with and without pH control. As a result, when pH was controlled at 5.8, higher substrate consumption and biomass concentration were reached than when an external potential was applied (-600 mV vs. Ag/AgCl), allowing 76.6% more biomass with a 100% fructose conversion. Experiments revealed that redox mediator addition and the application of potential in pH-controlled fermentations mainly affected the production of biomass, lactate, acetate and formate, improving the production of lactate and acetate during the EF. In contrast, the results show no improvement in ethanol and 2,3-butanediol during the EF of fructose.(c) 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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