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PADIN GONZALEZ, Carmiña  e  DIAZ FERNANDEZ, Mario. Lactoserum alcoholic fermentation by Kluyveromyces marxianus and organic solvents as extractants. Rev. Soc. Ven. Microbiol. [online]. 2009, vol.29, n.2, pp.110-116. ISSN 1315-2556.

Alcoholic fermentations are done under low sugar concentrations to avoid product or substrate inhibition. Extractive alcoholic fermentation is used in processes limited by the final ethanol concentration. Lactoserum alcoholic fermentation avoiding the inhibition of Kluyveromyces marxianus by the addition of extraction solvents (oleic acid, hexadecane, butyl laureate and soy oil) as ethanol extractants was studied. Biocompatibility, extraction kinetic of the solvents, substrate use, ethanol production, cell growth (without solvents and with solvents selected as the best extractants and biocompatible), and global yield were evaluated. Oleic acid and soy oil were the best extraction solvents. Specific growth speed was increased by the use of solvents; the greatest increase was obtained with soy oil. Lactose consumption was 97 g/L for oleic acid extractive fermentation, 81.2 g/L for soy oil, and 64 g/L for conventional fermentation. The ethanol yield was 53 and 44 g/L with oleic acid and soy oil fermentation respectively, and 35 g/L with conventional fermentation. This study demonstrates that oleic acid alcoholic fermentation can be used to reduce the ethanol concentration in the medium and to avoid the inhibition of the yeasts during the process, which entails the possibility of using substrates with high sugar concentrations, obtaining an increase in the productivity of the system.

Palavras-chave : lactoserum; alcoholic fermentation; extractive fermentation; Kluyveromyces marxianus.

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