Effective Butanol Production from Sugarcane Molasses by Immobilized Clostridium beijerinckii in Batch and Fed-Batch Fermentations Integrated with Product Recovery
This fermentation study immobilised Clostridium beijerinckii TISTR 1461 on lotus-stalk pieces to produce acetone-butanol-ethanol from sugarcane molasses. Ammonium-acetate buffering and a fed-batch process integrated with gas stripping performed best, reaching 23.04 g/L total butanol and 0.64 g/L/h productivity.