scholarly journals Enhanced ethanol production from sugarcane molasses by industrially engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae via replacement of the PHO4 gene

RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 2267-2276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renzhi Wu ◽  
Dong Chen ◽  
Shuwei Cao ◽  
Zhilong Lu ◽  
Jun Huang ◽  
...  

Replacement of a novel candidate ethanol fermentation-associated regulatory gene, PHO4, from a fast-growing strain through a novel strategy (SHPERM-bCGHR), is hypothesised to shorten fermentation time and enhance ethanol yield from sugarcane molasses.

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 173
Author(s):  
Elena Domínguez ◽  
Pablo G. del Río ◽  
Aloia Romaní ◽  
Gil Garrote ◽  
Lucília Domingues

In order to exploit a fast-growing Paulownia hardwood as an energy crop, a xylose-enriched hydrolysate was obtained in this work to increase the ethanol concentration using the hemicellulosic fraction, besides the already widely studied cellulosic fraction. For that, Paulownia elongata x fortunei was submitted to autohydrolysis treatment (210 °C or S0 of 4.08) for the xylan solubilization, mainly as xylooligosaccharides. Afterwards, sequential stages of acid hydrolysis, concentration, and detoxification were evaluated to obtain fermentable sugars. Thus, detoxified and non-detoxified hydrolysates (diluted or not) were fermented for ethanol production using a natural xylose-consuming yeast, Scheffersomyces stipitis CECT 1922, and an industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae MEC1133 strain, metabolic engineered strain with the xylose reductase/xylitol dehydrogenase pathway. Results from fermentation assays showed that the engineered S. cerevisiae strain produced up to 14.2 g/L of ethanol (corresponding to 0.33 g/g of ethanol yield) using the non-detoxified hydrolysate. Nevertheless, the yeast S. stipitis reached similar values of ethanol, but only in the detoxified hydrolysate. Hence, the fermentation data prove the suitability and robustness of the engineered strain to ferment non-detoxified liquor, and the appropriateness of detoxification of liquor for the use of less robust yeast. In addition, the success of hemicellulose-to-ethanol production obtained in this work shows the Paulownia biomass as a suitable renewable source for ethanol production following a suitable fractionation process within a biorefinery approach.


Fermentation ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Huezo ◽  
Ajay Shah ◽  
Frederick Michel

Previous studies have shown that pretreatment of corn slurries using ultrasound improves starch release and ethanol yield during biofuel production. However, studies on its effects on the mass transfer of substrates and products during fermentation have shown that it can have both beneficial and inhibitory effects. In this study, the effects of ultrasound on mass transfer limitations during fermentation were examined. Calculation of the external and intraparticle observable moduli under a range of conditions indicate that no external or intraparticle mass transfer limitations should exist for the mass transfer of glucose, ethanol, or carbon dioxide. Fermentations of glucose to ethanol using Saccharomyces cerevisiae were conducted at different ultrasound intensities to examine its effects on glucose uptake, ethanol production, and yeast population and viability. Four treatments were compared: direct ultrasound at intensities of 23 and 32 W/L, indirect ultrasound (1.4 W/L), and no-ultrasound. Direct and indirect ultrasound had negative effects on yeast performance and viability, and reduced the rates of glucose uptake and ethanol production. These results indicate that ultrasound during fermentation, at the levels applied, is inhibitory and not expected to improve mass transfer limitations.


ScienceAsia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pongpannee Phomikhet ◽  
Wanlapa Lorliam ◽  
Suthep Thaniyavarn ◽  
Somboon Tanasupawat ◽  
Ancharida Savarajara

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Wan ◽  
Dongmei Zhai ◽  
Zhen Wang ◽  
Xiushan Yang ◽  
Shen Tian

Saccharomyces cerevisiae Y5 (CGMCC no. 2660) and Issatchenkia orientalis Y4 (CGMCC no. 2159) were combined individually with Pichia stipitis CBS6054 to establish the cocultures of Y5 + CBS6054 and Y4 + CBS6054. The coculture Y5 + CBS6054 effectively metabolized furfural and HMF and converted xylose and glucose mixture to ethanol with ethanol concentration of 16.6 g/L and ethanol yield of 0.46 g ethanol/g sugar, corresponding to 91.2% of the maximal theoretical value in synthetic medium. Accordingly, the nondetoxified dilute-acid hydrolysate was used to produce ethanol by co-culture Y5 + CBS6054. The co-culture consumed glucose along with furfural and HMF completely in 12 h, and all xylose within 96 h, resulting in a final ethanol concentration of 27.4 g/L and ethanol yield of 0.43 g ethanol/g sugar, corresponding to 85.1% of the maximal theoretical value. The results indicated that the co-culture of Y5 + CBS6054 was a satisfying combination for ethanol production from non-detoxified dilute-acid lignocellulosic hydrolysates. This co-culture showed a promising prospect for industrial application.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Zahoor ◽  
Katrin Messerschmidt ◽  
Simon Boecker ◽  
Steffen Klamt

Abstract Background Enforced ATP wasting has been recognized as a promising metabolic engineering strategy to enhance the microbial production of metabolites that are coupled to ATP generation. It also appears to be a suitable approach to improve production of ethanol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In the present study, we constructed different S. cerevisiae strains with heterologous expression of genes of the ATP-hydrolyzing F1-part of the ATPase enzyme to induce enforced ATP wasting and quantify the resulting effect on biomass and ethanol formation. Results In contrast to genomic integration, we found that episomal expression of the αβγ subunits of the F1-ATPase genes of Escherichia coli in S. cerevisiae resulted in significantly increased ATPase activity, while neither genomic integration nor episomal expression of the β subunit from Trichoderma reesei could enhance ATPase activity. When grown in minimal medium under anaerobic growth-coupled conditions, the strains expressing E. coli’s F1-ATPase genes showed significantly improved ethanol yield (increase of 10% compared to the control strain). However, elevated product formation reduces biomass formation and, therefore, volumetric productivity. We demonstrate that this negative effect can be overcome under growth-decoupled (nitrogen-starved) operation with high and constant biomass concentration. Under these conditions, which mimic the second (production) phase of a two-stage fermentation process, the ATPase-expressing strains showed significant improvement in volumetric productivity (up to 111%) compared to the control strain. Conclusions Our study shows that expression of genes of the F1-portion of E. coli’s ATPase induces ATPase activity in S. cerevisiae and can be a promising way to improve ethanol production. This ATP-wasting strategy can be easily applied to other metabolites of interest, whose formation is coupled to ATP generation.


Author(s):  
José Duarte ◽  
Vera Lourenço ◽  
Belina Ribeiro ◽  
Maria Céu Saagua ◽  
Joana Pereira ◽  
...  

During the last years there has been an increasing interest in using ethanol as a substitute for fossil fuels. The bioethanol used today is mainly produced from sugar cane and cereals, but reducing the production costs of ethanol is still crucial for a viable economic process. Cellulose from vegetable biomass will be the next cheap raw material for second generation fuel ethanol production and agricultural by-products with a low commercial value, as corn stover, corn fiber and cane bagasses would become an attractive feedstock for bioethanol production.In this study, different strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae have been screened for the ability of bioethanol production. Yeasts were grown in a synthetic liquid medium containing sucrose in batch regime and the growth rates, ethanol and biomass productions were determined as well as their growth ability in cane molasses.The results indicate that a flocculent yeast, isolated in our lab and designated by strain F, was the most promising yeast strain among those tested for continuous ethanol production. This strain was isolated from corn hydrolysates, obtained from a Portuguese distillery facility (DVT, Torres Novas, Portugal) showing highest growth rate (0.49h-1), highest ethanol yield (0.35g/g) and high flocculation capacity.The study on ethanol production in continuous reactor process with the selected yeast strain (strain F) was made on sucrose and cane molasses at different dilution rates (0.05-0.42 h-1). A steady flocculating yeast fluidized bed reactor system was established allowing the functioning of the reactor for 1000 h. Data shows that when the dilution rate rose to 0.42h-1, the highest productivity (20g/Lh) was obtained attaining an ethanol concentration in the reactor of 47g/L for sucrose and molasses media.


2011 ◽  
Vol 77 (16) ◽  
pp. 5822-5825 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suk-Jin Ha ◽  
Qiaosi Wei ◽  
Soo Rin Kim ◽  
Jonathan M. Galazka ◽  
Jamie Cate ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTWe demonstrate improved ethanol yield and productivity through cofermentation of cellobiose and galactose by an engineeredSaccharomyces cerevisiaestrain expressing genes coding for cellodextrin transporter (cdt-1) and intracellular β-glucosidase (gh1-1) fromNeurospora crassa. Simultaneous fermentation of cellobiose and galactose can be applied to producing biofuels from hydrolysates of marine plant biomass.


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