Abstract
A simple procedure for screening Clostridium acetobutylicum for biotransformations to produce alcohols was developed by supplementing rich medium with glucose and butyric acid to obtain butanol-producing cultures. No special apparatus was required to maintain anaerobic conditions. The validity of the method was established by demonstrating that the cultures could reduce alicyclic and aromatic aldehydes and ketones to the corresponding alcohols. © 1994 Science and Technology Letters.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 733-738 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Biotechnology Techniques |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 1994 |
Keywords
- Clostridium acetobutylicum (butanol dehydrogenase-producing
- screening for redn. of aldehydes and ketones by solventogenic cultures of strict anaerobe, butanol dehydrogenase-producing Clostridium acetobutylicum)
- Fermentation (screening for redn. of aldehydes and ketones by solventogenic cultures of strict anaerobe, butanol dehydrogenase-producing Clostridium acetobutylicum)
- Ketones Role: RCT (Reactant), RACT (Reactant or reagent) (screening for redn. of aldehydes and ketones by solventogenic cultures of strict anaerobe, butanol dehydrogenase-producing Clostridium acetobutylicum)
- Aldehydes Role: RCT (Reactant), RACT (Reactant or reagent) (alicyclic, screening for redn. of aldehydes and ketones by solventogenic cultures of strict anaerobe, butanol dehydrogenase-producing Clostridium acetobutylicum)
- Aldehydes Role: RCT (Reactant), RACT (Reactant or reagent) (aryl, screening for redn. of aldehydes and ketones by solventogenic cultures of strict anaerobe, butanol dehydrogenase-producing Clostridium acetobutylicum)
- butanol dehydrogenase Clostridium screening aldehyde redn
- ketone redn Clostridium screening alc fermn