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Background  Bioconversion of  d -galacturonic acid to galactaric (mucic) acid has previously been carried out in small scale (50–1000 mL) cultures, which produce tens of grams of galactaric acid. To obtain larger amounts of biologically produced galactaric acid, the process needed to be scaled up using a readily available technical substrate. Food grade pectin was selected as a readily available source of  d -galacturonic acid for conversion to galactaric acid.    Results  We demonstrated that the process using  Trichoderma reesei  QM6a Δ gar1 udh  can be scaled up from 1 L to 10 and 250 L, replacing pure  d -galacturonic acid with commercially available pectin.  T. reesei  produced 18 g L −1  galactaric acid from food-grade pectin (yield 1.00 g [g  d -galacturonate consumed] −1 ) when grown at 1 L scale, 21 g L −1  galactaric acid (yield 1.11 g [g  d -galacturonate consumed] −1 ) when grown at 10 L scale and 14 g L −1  galactaric acid (yield 0.77 g [g  d -galacturonate consumed] −1 ) when grown at 250 L scale. Initial production rates were similar to those observed in 500 mL cultures with pure  d -galacturonate as substrate. Approximately 2.8 kg galactaric acid was precipitated from the 250 L culture, representing a recovery of 77% of the galactaric acid in the supernatant. In addition to scaling up, we also demonstrated that the process could be scaled down to 4 mL for screening of production strains in 24-well plate format. Production of galactaric acid from pectin was assessed for three strains expressing uronate dehydrogenase under alternative promoters and up to 11 g L −1  galactaric acid were produced in the batch process.    Conclusions  The process of producing galactaric acid by bioconversion with  T. reesei  was demonstrated to be equally efficient using pectin as it was with  d -galacturonic acid. The 24-well plate batch process will be useful screening new constructs, but cannot replace process optimisation in bioreactors. Scaling up to 250 L demonstrated good reproducibility with the smaller scale but there was a loss in yield at 250 L which indicated that total biomass extraction and more efficient DSP would both be needed for a large scale process.

Scaling up and scaling down the production of galactaric acid from pectin using Trichoderma reesei