Biochemical conversion of sugarcane straw hemicellulosic hydrolyzate supplemented with co-substrates for xylitol production

Biotechnological production of xylitol is an attractive route to add value to a sugarcane biorefinery, through utilization of the hemicellulosic fraction of sugarcane straw, whose availability is increasing in Brazil. Herein, supplementation of the sugarcane straw hemicellulosic hydrolyzate (xylose...

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Autores: Hernandez-Perez, A. F., Costa, I. A. L., Silva, D. D. V., Dussan, K. J., Villela, T. R., Canettieri, E. V. [UNESP], Carvalho, J. A. [UNESP], Soares Neto, T. G., Felipe, M. G. A.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/158616
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2015.11.036
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/158616
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sugarcane straw
Hemicellulosic hydrolyzate
Xylitol
Co-substrates
Candida guilliermondii
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Sumario:Biotechnological production of xylitol is an attractive route to add value to a sugarcane biorefinery, through utilization of the hemicellulosic fraction of sugarcane straw, whose availability is increasing in Brazil. Herein, supplementation of the sugarcane straw hemicellulosic hydrolyzate (xylose 57 g L-1) with maltose, sucrose, cellobiose or glycerol was proposed, and their effect as co-substrates on xylitol production by Candida guilliermondii FTI 20037 was studied. Sucrose (10 g L-1) and glycerol (0.7 g L-1) supplementation led to significant increase of 8.88% and 6.86% on xylose uptake rate (1.11 g L-1 h(-1) and 1.09 g L-1), respectively, but only with sucrose, significant increments of 12.88% and 8.69% on final xylitol concentration (36.11 g L-1) and volumetric productivity (0.75 g L-1 h(-1)), respectively, were achieved. Based on these results, utilization of complex sources of sucrose, derived from agro-industries, as nutritional supplementation for xylitol production can be proposed as a strategy for improving the yeast performance and reducing the cost of this bioprocess by replacing more expensive nutrients. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.