Direct hydrogen production from dilute-acid pretreated sugarcane bagasse hydrolysate using the newly isolated Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum MJ1

Energy shortage and environmental pollution are two severe global problems, and biological hydrogen production from lignocellulose shows great potential as a promising alternative biofuel to replace the fossil fuels. Currently, most studies on hydrogen production from lignocellulose concentrate on c...

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Published in:	Microbial cell factories 2017-05, Vol.16 (1), p.77-77, Article 77
Main Authors:	Hu, Bin-Bin, Zhu, Ming-Jun
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Acetic acid Acids Alternative energy sources Bagasse Biofuels Carbon Cellobiose Cellobiose - metabolism Cellulose - metabolism Deoxyribonucleic acid Dilute-acid pretreated sugarcane bagasse hydrolysate DNA Energy resources Energy shortages Ethanol Fermentation Fossil fuels Glucose Glucose - metabolism Hydrogen Hydrogen - metabolism Hydrogen production Inhibitor tolerance Inhibitors Lignin - metabolism Lignocellulose Metabolites Microorganisms Optimization Raw materials RNA, Ribosomal, 16S rRNA 16S Saccharum Sludge Strains (organisms) Studies Sugar Sugarcane Sugarcane bagasse Thermoanaerobacterium - genetics Thermoanaerobacterium - isolation & purification Thermoanaerobacterium - metabolism Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum MJ1 Thermophilic bacteria Xylose Xylose - metabolism
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Summary:	Energy shortage and environmental pollution are two severe global problems, and biological hydrogen production from lignocellulose shows great potential as a promising alternative biofuel to replace the fossil fuels. Currently, most studies on hydrogen production from lignocellulose concentrate on cellulolytic microbe, pretreatment method, process optimization and development of new raw materials. Due to no effective approaches to relieve the inhibiting effect of inhibitors, the acid pretreated lignocellulose hydrolysate was directly discarded and caused environmental problems, suggesting that isolation of inhibitor-tolerant strains may facilitate the utilization of acid pretreated lignocellulose hydrolysate. Thermophilic bacteria for producing hydrogen from various kinds of sugars were screened, and the new strain named MJ1 was isolated from paper sludge, with 99% identity to Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum by 16S rRNA gene analysis. The hydrogen yields of 11.18, 4.25 and 2.15 mol-H /mol sugar can be reached at an initial concentration of 5 g/L cellobiose, glucose and xylose, respectively. The main metabolites were acetate and butyrate. More important, MJ1 had an excellent tolerance to inhibitors of dilute-acid (1%, g/v) pretreated sugarcane bagasse hydrolysate (DAPSBH) and could efficiently utilize DAPSBH for hydrogen production without detoxication, with a production higher than that of pure sugars. The hydrogen could be quickly produced with the maximum hydrogen production reached at 24 h. The hydrogen production reached 39.64, 105.42, 111.75 and 110.44 mM at 20, 40, 60 and 80% of DAPSBH, respectively. Supplementation of CaCO enhanced the hydrogen production by 21.32% versus the control. These results demonstrate that MJ1 could directly utilize DAPSBH for biohydrogen production without detoxication and can serve as an excellent candidate for industrialization of hydrogen production from DAPSBH. The results also suggest that isolating unique strains from a particular environment offers an ideal way to conquer the related problems.
ISSN:	1475-2859 1475-2859