Fermentation process for producing chemicals
AssigneeVogelbusch GmbH
InventorsMichael Sauer, Hans Marx, Stefan Pfluegl, Diethard Mattanovich
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Abstract
The invention refers to a method of biotransforming a carbohydrate of a raw material into a chemical, by cultivating Lactobacillus diolivorans in the presence of the raw material to produce a chemical substance, and isolating the chemical substance in the purified form, and the use of L. diolivorans in one of a series of biotransformation methods, wherein carbohydrates from at least two different carbohydrate sources of low purity are transformed into chemicals.
Claims12
A method of producing a chemical substance by biotransforming a carbohydrate into the chemical substance, comprising the steps of:
- culturing Lactobacillus diolivorans (L. diolivorans) in the presence of the carbohydrate to produce the chemical substance, wherein the carbohydrate is contained in a mixture of organic carbon sources and has a purity of less than Technical Grade and an ash content of at least 0.1% (w/w) in said mixture of organic carbon sources;
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- isolating and purifying the chemical substance.
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