Coculture with hemicellulose-fermenting microbes reverses inhibition of corn fiber solubilization by Clostridium thermocellum at elevated solids loadings [electronic resource]

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Ký hiệu phân loại: 664.7 Grains, other seeds, their derived products

Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy ; Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2021

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The cellulolytic thermophile 
Clostridium thermocellum
is an important biocatalyst due to its ability to solubilize lignocellulosic feedstocks without the need for pretreatment or exogenous enzyme addition. At low concentrations of substrate, 
C. thermocellum
can solubilize corn fiber >
95% in 5 days, but solubilization declines markedly at substrate concentrations higher than 20 g/L. This differs for model cellulose like Avicel, on which the maximum solubilization rate increases in proportion to substrate concentration. The goal of this study was to examine fermentation at increasing corn fiber concentrations and investigate possible reasons for declining performance. The rate of growth of C. thermocellum on corn fiber, inferred from CipA scaffoldin levels measured by LC?MS/MS, showed very little increase with increasing solids loading. To test for inhibition, we evaluated the effects of spent broth on growth and cellulase activity. The liquids remaining after corn fiber fermentation were found to be strongly inhibitory to growth on cellobiose, a substrate that does not require cellulose hydrolysis. Additionally, the hydrolytic activity of 
C. thermocellum
cellulase was also reduced to less-than half by adding spent broth. Noting that >
15 g/L hemicellulose oligosaccharides accumulated in the spent broth of a 40 g/L corn fiber fermentation, we tested the effect of various model carbohydrates on growth on cellobiose and Avicel. Some compounds like xylooligosaccharides caused a decline in cellulolytic activity and a reduction in the maximum solubilization rate on Avicel. However, there were no relevant model compounds that could replicate the strong inhibition by spent broth on 
C. thermocellum
growth on cellobiose. Cocultures of 
C. thermocellum
with hemicellulose-consuming partners?
Herbinix
spp. strain LL1355 and 
Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum
?exhibited lower levels of unfermented hemicellulose hydrolysis products, a doubling of the maximum solubilization rate, and final solubilization increased from 67 to 93%. This study documents inhibition of 
C. thermocellum
with increasing corn fiber concentration and demonstrates inhibition of cellulase activity by xylooligosaccharides, but further work is needed to understand why growth on cellobiose was inhibited by corn fiber fermentation broth. Our results support the importance of hemicellulose-utilizing coculture partners to augment 
C. thermocellum
in the fermentation of lignocellulosic feedstocks at high solids loading.

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Coculture with hemicellulose-fermenting microbes reverses inhibition of corn fiber solubilization by <em>Clostridium thermocellum</em> at elevated solids loadings [electronic resource]