Title
Microbial renewable feedstock utilization: A substrate-oriented approach
Author
Rumbold, K.
van Buijsen, H.J.J.
Gray, V.M.
van Groenestijn, J.W.
Overkamp, K.M.
Slomp, R.S.
van der Werf, M.J.
Punt, P.J.
TNO Kwaliteit van Leven
Publication year
2010
Abstract
Increasingly lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysates are used as the feedstock for industrial fermentations. These biomass hydrolysates consist of complex mixtures of different fermentable sugars, but also contain inhibitors and salts that affect the performance of the productgenerating microbes. The performance of six industrially relevant microorganisms, i.e., two bacteria (Escherichia coli and Corynebacterium glutamicum), two yeasts (Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Pichia stipitis) and two fungi (Aspergillus niger and Trichoderma reesei) were compared for their ability to utilize and grow on different feedstock hydrolysates (corn stover, wheat straw, sugar cane bagasse and willow wood). Moreover, the ability of the selected hosts to utilize waste glycerol from the biodiesel industry was evaluated. P. stipitis and A. niger were found to be the most versatile and C. glutamicum, and S. cerevisiae were shown to be the least adapted to renewable feedstocks. Clear differences in the utilization of the more abundant carbon sources in these feedstocks were observed between the different species. Moreover, in a species-specific way the production of various metabolites, in particular polyols, alcohols and organic acids was observed during fermentation. Based on the results obtained we conclude that a substrate oriented instead of the more commonly used product oriented approach towards the selection of a microbial production host will avoid the requirement for extensive metabolic engineering. Instead of introducing multiplesubstrate utilization and detoxification routes to efficiently utilize lignocellulosic hydrolysates only one biosynthesis route forming the product of interest has to be engineered. © 2010 Landes Bioscience.
Subject
Biology
Food and Chemical Risk Analysis
Bioprocessing
Filamentous fungi
Industrial biotechnology
Second generation feedstock
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TNO identifier
425488
ISSN
1949-1018
Source
Bioengineered Bugs, 1 (5), 359-366
Document type
article