Isolation and characterization of bacterial strains with the ability to utilize high concentrations of levulinic acid, a platform chemical from inedible biomass. Issue 9 (2nd September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Habe, Hiroshi; Sato, Shun; Morita, Tomotake; Fukuoka, Tokuma; Kirimura, Kohtaro; Kitamoto, Dai
• Is Part Of: Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry. Volume 79:Issue 9(2015)
• Page Start: 1552
• Page End: 1555
• Publication Date: 2015-09-02
• Subjects: levulinic acid -- lignocellulose -- Brevibacterium sp -- Rhodococcus sp; Biotechnology -- Periodicals; Biochemistry -- Periodicals; 660.6
• DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2015.1031076
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0916-8451

Abstract

Abstract: Nineteen levulinic acid (LA)-utilizing bacteria were isolated from environmental samples. Following examination of the use of 80 g/L LA by some isolated strains, Brevibacterium epidermidis LA39–2 consumed 62.6 g/L LA following 8 days incubation. The strain also utilized both 90 and 100 g/L LA, with consumption ratio of 84.3 and 53.3%, respectively, after 10 days incubation.