Bioprocessing Butanol into More Valuable Butyl Butyrate

• Published in: Trends in biotechnology (Regular ed.) Vol. 37; no. 9; pp. 923 - 926
• Main Authors: Xin, Fengxue, Zhang, Wenming, Jiang, Min
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2019; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: ABE fermentation process; Acetone; Aviation; beverages; Bioconversion; Biofuels; Bioprocessing; biotransformation; Butanol; butyl butyrate; butyrates; Carbon; Esters; Ethanol; Fermentation; Glucose; Internal Medicine; lipase; Metabolism; Microorganisms; solventogenic Clostridium spp; Toxicity; solventogenic Clostridium spp; ABE fermentation process; butyl butyrate; lipase

The toxicity of butanol to microbial cells makes it difficult to scale-up the acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE) fermentation process. Bioconversion of butanol into more valuable and nontoxic short-chain esters, such as butyl butyrate which is widely used in the food, beverage, and biofuel sectors, offer...