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Biobutanol production from sulfuric acid‐pretreated red algal biomass by a newly isolated Clostridium sp. strain WK
Author(s) -
Hong Ying,
Chen Chaoyang,
Wu YiRui
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
biotechnology and applied biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.468
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1470-8744
pISSN - 0885-4513
DOI - 10.1002/bab.1820
Subject(s) - biomass (ecology) , hydrolysate , sulfuric acid , fermentation , hydrolysis , chemistry , biofuel , food science , botany , pulp and paper industry , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , biology , organic chemistry , agronomy , engineering
Marine biomass, especially the algal biomass, is currently considered to be one of the most potential candidates for biofuels conversion during the development of biomass utilization. In this study, a diluted sulfuric acid pretreatment method was established for biobutanol from red algal biomass Gelidium amansii using a newly isolated Clostridium sp. strain WK. Under the optimal condition of 2% sulfuric acid treated in 20 Min at 131 °C, the maximal hydrolysis percentage of biomass can reach up to 80.95%, and the biobutanol production was obtained to be 3.46 g/L with a yield of 0.20 g/g after the fermentation of biomass hydrolysate. This result demonstrated a 12.5‐fold enhancement of conversion efficiency compared with the untreated control, which provides a new and efficient way to develop the biobutanol industry by utilizing the abundant, low cost, and carbohydrate‐rich algal biomass.