BUTANOL PRODUCTION FROM GLYCEROL BY Clostridium pasteurianum IN DEFINED CULTURE MEDIA- A PHENOTYPIC APPROACH.

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dc.contributor.advisorWang, Nam Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorRamos Sanchez, David Leonardoen_US
dc.contributor.departmentChemical Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-06T06:44:41Z
dc.date.available2009-10-06T06:44:41Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.description.abstractThe fluctuations in oil prices have stimulated the production of renewable biofuels, in particular the production of bioethanol and biodiesel. The production of biodiesel has expanded almost six fold in the past years. The ten wt% of the biodiesel process results in crude glycerol. Once a valuable product, nowadays glycerol is considered a waste and a surplus material. Its current low price makes it an attractive substrate for a fermentation process. Molecular genetics have unveiled new insights about solvent production in Clostridia. It has been recognized that endospore development and solvent formation share a regulatory mechanism. The solvent production, particularly the butanol fermentation of glycerol by Clostridium pasteurianum was studied. Taking advantage of the characteristics of the sporulation phenotype, the study of the butanol fermentation was approached. A relation between spore formation and butanol production was found in C. pasteurianum by applying molecular genetics concepts.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/9665
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledBiology, Cellen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineering, Industrialen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledbutanolen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledClostridium pasteurianumen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledfermentationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledglycerolen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledreplica platingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsporulationen_US
dc.titleBUTANOL PRODUCTION FROM GLYCEROL BY Clostridium pasteurianum IN DEFINED CULTURE MEDIA- A PHENOTYPIC APPROACH.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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