Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 389, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129813
Keywords
Bioelectrochemical system; Lactococcus lactis; Anodic electro-fermentation; Acetoin; 2; 3-butanediol
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Anodic electro-fermentation (AEF) shows great potential for using an anode as electron acceptor. In this study, a Lactococcus lactis strain and its adaptively evolved mutant were investigated using a bioelectrochemical system setup. The mutant showed significantly faster growth and achieved a record high current density, demonstrating the potential of AEF.
Anodic electro-fermentation (AEF), where an anode replaces the terminal electron acceptor, shows great promise. Recently a Lactococcus lactis strain blocked in NAD+ regeneration was demonstrated to use ferricyanide as an alternative electron acceptor to support fast growth, but the need for high concentrations of this non regenerated electron acceptor limits practical applications. To address this, growth of this L. lactis strain, and an adaptively evolved (ALE) mutant with enhanced ferricyanide respiration capacity were investigated using an anode as electron acceptor in a bioelectrochemical system (BES) setup. Both strains grew well, however, the ALE mutant significantly faster. The ALE mutant almost exclusively generated 2,3-butanediol, whereas its parent strain mainly produced acetoin. The ALE mutant interacted efficiently with the anode, achieving a record high current density of 0.81 +/- 0.05 mA/cm2. It is surprising that a Lactic Acid Bacterium, with fermentative metabolism, interacts so well with an anode, which demonstrates the potential of AEF.
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