Yan Shoubao, Dong Dong
School of Life Science, Huainan Normal University, Huainan, 232001, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Anhui Yingjia Group Co., Ltd., Luan, 237271, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
AMB Express. 2018 Oct 25;8(1):175. doi: 10.1186/s13568-018-0705-1.
The aim of this study was to develop a bioprocess capable of producing caproic acid using a binary fermentation system consisting of Clostridium kluyveri H068 and Methanogen 166 which could then be applied to the brewing of Chinese strong flavor liquor. We initially explored the mechanism by which the Methanogen 166 strain facilitates caproic acid accumulation, revealing its ability to convert accumulated H that is produced by C. kluyveri H068 into methane, thereby eliminating the hydrogen-mediated feedback inhibition that normally constrains C. kluyveri H068 and thus enhancing caproic acid production. In addition, laboratory experiments were conducted to optimize this binary fermentation system, allowing us to determine that the optimum conditions for caproic acid production are a mixed inoculum size of 10% with a C. kluyveri H588/Methanogen 166 inoculation ratio of 2:1 (v/v), a sodium acetate concentration of 20 g/L, a 4% ethanol content (v/v), and a yeast extract concentration of 10 g/L. We further scaled this optimized condition up to use in a 1000 L fermenter and the obtained caproic acid broth was subjected to pit-entry fermentation. Our results demonstrated that this pit-entry fermentation approach was an efficient means of improving the quality of Chinese strong flavor liquor.
本研究的目的是开发一种生物工艺,该工艺能够使用由克氏梭菌H068和产甲烷菌166组成的二元发酵系统生产己酸,然后将其应用于中国浓香型白酒的酿造。我们最初探索了产甲烷菌166菌株促进己酸积累的机制,发现其能够将克氏梭菌H068产生的积累的氢气转化为甲烷,从而消除通常限制克氏梭菌H068的氢介导的反馈抑制,进而提高己酸产量。此外,进行了实验室实验以优化该二元发酵系统,使我们能够确定己酸生产的最佳条件为混合接种量10%,克氏梭菌H588/产甲烷菌166接种比例为2:1(v/v),醋酸钠浓度为20 g/L,乙醇含量为4%(v/v),酵母提取物浓度为10 g/L。我们进一步将此优化条件扩大规模用于1000 L发酵罐,并将得到的己酸发酵液进行入窖发酵。我们的结果表明,这种入窖发酵方法是提高中国浓香型白酒品质的有效手段。