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Direct bioconversion of brown algae into ethanol by thermophilic bacterium Defluviitalea phaphyphila

Overview of attention for article published in Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, April 2016
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Title
Direct bioconversion of brown algae into ethanol by thermophilic bacterium Defluviitalea phaphyphila
Published in
Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, April 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13068-016-0494-1
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Shi-Qi Ji, Bing Wang, Ming Lu, Fu-Li Li

Abstract

Brown algae are promising feedstocks for biofuel production with inherent advantages of no structural lignin, high growth rate, and no competition for land and fresh water. However, it is difficult for one microorganism to convert all components of brown algae with different oxidoreduction potentials to ethanol. Defluviitalea phaphyphila Alg1 is the first characterized thermophilic bacterium capable of direct utilization of brown algae. Defluviitalea phaphyphila Alg1 can simultaneously utilize mannitol, glucose, and alginate to produce ethanol, and high ethanol yields of 0.47 g/g-mannitol, 0.44 g/g-glucose, and 0.3 g/g-alginate were obtained. A rational redox balance system under obligate anaerobic condition in fermenting brown algae was revealed in D. phaphyphila Alg1 through genome and redox analysis. The excess reducing equivalents produced from mannitol metabolism were equilibrated by oxidizing forces from alginate assimilation. Furthermore, D. phaphyphila Alg1 can directly utilize unpretreated kelp powder, and 10 g/L of ethanol was accumulated within 72 h with an ethanol yield of 0.25 g/g-kelp. Microscopic observation further demonstrated the deconstruction process of brown algae cell by D. phaphyphila Alg1. The integrated biomass deconstruction system of D. phaphyphila Alg1, as well as its high ethanol yield, provided us an excellent alternative for brown algae bioconversion at elevated temperature.

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Country Count As %
China 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 104 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 18 17%
Student > Master 15 14%
Researcher 14 13%
Student > Bachelor 13 12%
Professor 5 5%
Other 18 17%
Unknown 23 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 26 25%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 17 16%
Engineering 9 8%
Environmental Science 6 6%
Chemistry 5 5%
Other 13 12%
Unknown 30 28%
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