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Steam-exploded aspenwood chips were acid hydrolysed to their component sugars. Near theoretical solvent yields were achieved in both the acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation and 2,3-butanediol fermentation of these liberated sugars. When Clostridium acetobutylicum was grown on wood hydrolysates, final butanol yields of 9.0 g/L (0.26 g of butanol per g of sugar consumed) were obtained. When Klebsiella pneumoniae was grown on the wood hydrolysates, final butanediol concentrations exceeded 20 g/L, resulting in a bioconversion efficiency approaching 0.5 g of butanediol per g of sugar utilised.
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Yu, E.K.C., Deschatelets, L. & Saddler, J.N. The bioconversion of wood hydrolyzates to butanol and butanediol. Biotechnol Lett 6, 327–332 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00129064
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