Growth and Product Formation of Clostridium ljungdahlii in Presence of Cyanide

Cyanide is a minor constituent of crude syngas whose content depends on the feedstock and gasification procedure. It is a known poison to metal catalysts and inhibits iron-containing enzymes like carbon monoxide dehydrogenase of acetogenic organisms. Therefore, it is considered a component that has...

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Published in:Frontiers in microbiology 2018-06, Vol.9, p.1213-1213
Main Authors: Oswald, Florian, Zwick, Michaela, Omar, Ola, Hotz, Ernst N, Neumann, Anke
Format: Article
Language:English
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Clostridium ljungdahlii
crude syngas
cyanide
ethanol formation
Microbiology
syngas fermentation
syngas impurities
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Summary:Cyanide is a minor constituent of crude syngas whose content depends on the feedstock and gasification procedure. It is a known poison to metal catalysts and inhibits iron-containing enzymes like carbon monoxide dehydrogenase of acetogenic organisms. Therefore, it is considered a component that has to be removed from the gas stream prior to use in chemical synthesis or syngas fermentation. We show that the growth rate and maximum biomass concentration of are unaffected by cyanide at concentrations of up to 1.0 mM with fructose as a carbon source and up to 0.1 mM with syngas as a carbon source. After the culture is adapted to cyanide it shows no growth inhibition. While the difference in growth is an increasing lag-phase with increasing cyanide concentrations, the product spectrum shifts from 97% acetic acid and 3% ethanol at 0 mM cyanide to 20% acetic acid and 80% ethanol at 1.0 mM cyanide for cultures growing on (fructose) and 80% acetic acid and 20% ethanol at 0.1 mM cyanide (syngas).
ISSN:1664-302X
1664-302X
DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2018.01213