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Isolation, screening and characterization of microorganisms with potential for biofuels production
| Resumo: | Rapid global population growth has increased the demand for food and energy supply. The limited oil reserves, pollution concerns, global warming and political instability and disagreements, lead to an increased financial support for sustainable and environmental sources of energy, biofuels. In the last decades there is an increasing interest in the development of the bioethanol production from lignocellulosic residues, which do not compete directly with food. However, the low efficient conversion of cellulosic biomass to biofuels hinders its success. Alternative substrates are inulin containing plants, as Jerusalem artichoke, representing a renewable and inexpensive raw material for industry and biofuel production. In this work, the main goal was to search for new microorganisms, with high potential to produce bioethanol, due to the presence of better ethanologenic characteristics or ability to produce relevant hydrolytic enzymatic machinery. From the isolation and screening of 98 novel strains, 7 were selected and further characterized. A preliminary identification was performed using FISH. Three isolates which showed inulinase capacity gave a putative identification as Z. bailii strains, and the best (Talf1) was optimized and characterized for inulinase production. Talf1 enzymatic extract presented maximum activity (8.7 U/ml) at 45 ºC and pH 5.5, and high stability at 30ºC. Talf1 isolate was used in a Consolidated Bioprocessing (CBP) and its enzymatic extract in a Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation (SSF) process, for bioethanol production, obtaining an ethanol yield of 45% and 47% from pure inulin; and a yield of 51% and 48% from Jerusalem artichoke juice, respectively. Four selected isolates from strawberry tree fruit (STF) were used in a fermentation assay using STF juice, producing 86 - 100 g/l of ethanol from this raw material, at a very high yield (47-50%). These results show the enormous potential of inulin and Jerusalem artichoke as substrates for bioethanol production and the application of these novel yeasts as ethanol and/or inulinase producers. |
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| Autores principais: | Teixeira, Pedro Jorge Dias, 1989- |
| Assunto: | Biocombustíveis Energias alternativas Etanol Teses de mestrado - 2012 |
| Ano: | 2012 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Resumo: | Rapid global population growth has increased the demand for food and energy supply. The limited oil reserves, pollution concerns, global warming and political instability and disagreements, lead to an increased financial support for sustainable and environmental sources of energy, biofuels. In the last decades there is an increasing interest in the development of the bioethanol production from lignocellulosic residues, which do not compete directly with food. However, the low efficient conversion of cellulosic biomass to biofuels hinders its success. Alternative substrates are inulin containing plants, as Jerusalem artichoke, representing a renewable and inexpensive raw material for industry and biofuel production. In this work, the main goal was to search for new microorganisms, with high potential to produce bioethanol, due to the presence of better ethanologenic characteristics or ability to produce relevant hydrolytic enzymatic machinery. From the isolation and screening of 98 novel strains, 7 were selected and further characterized. A preliminary identification was performed using FISH. Three isolates which showed inulinase capacity gave a putative identification as Z. bailii strains, and the best (Talf1) was optimized and characterized for inulinase production. Talf1 enzymatic extract presented maximum activity (8.7 U/ml) at 45 ºC and pH 5.5, and high stability at 30ºC. Talf1 isolate was used in a Consolidated Bioprocessing (CBP) and its enzymatic extract in a Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation (SSF) process, for bioethanol production, obtaining an ethanol yield of 45% and 47% from pure inulin; and a yield of 51% and 48% from Jerusalem artichoke juice, respectively. Four selected isolates from strawberry tree fruit (STF) were used in a fermentation assay using STF juice, producing 86 - 100 g/l of ethanol from this raw material, at a very high yield (47-50%). These results show the enormous potential of inulin and Jerusalem artichoke as substrates for bioethanol production and the application of these novel yeasts as ethanol and/or inulinase producers. |
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