Improvement of organic acid production with sulfate addition during syngas fermentation using mixed cultures

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of sulfate on conversion of CO2 into organics using syngas fermentation with mixed culture. Fermentation tests were operated under H2 concentrations of 2.14 and 21.4 ​mmol/d, respectively, using substrates contained different initial concentrations...

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Main Authors: Yinbo Xiang, Haiping Luo, Guangli Liu, Renduo Zhang
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Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2022-01-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666445322000034
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author Yinbo Xiang
Haiping Luo
Guangli Liu
Renduo Zhang
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Haiping Luo
Guangli Liu
Renduo Zhang
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description The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of sulfate on conversion of CO2 into organics using syngas fermentation with mixed culture. Fermentation tests were operated under H2 concentrations of 2.14 and 21.4 ​mmol/d, respectively, using substrates contained different initial concentrations of sulfate (i.e. 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 ​mM). The addition of sulfate improved the acetate and formate production, and the enhancement was positively correlated with the sulfate concentrations from 2 to 8 ​mM. With 8 ​mM sulfate, the maximum acetate concentrations reached 75.4 ​± ​4.51 and 76.1 ​± ​7.77 ​mM under H2 concentrations of 2.14 and 21.4 ​mmol/d, respectively, which were 1.47 and 2.58 times higher than those of the treatment without sulfate. The biomass achieved with the sulfate addition was 52%–97% higher than that without sulfate. High-throughput pyrosequencing showed that with the presence of sulfate, Acetobacterium and Desulfovibrio were dominant in the microbial community with high relative abundance of 43% and 38%, respectively. This study suggested that the performance of syngas fermentation could be improved with co-metabolism between homoacetogen and sulfate-reducing bacteria.
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spelling doaj.art-1697a14e6938448587dbe4e23f4c5a432022-12-22T04:36:23ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Water Cycle2666-44532022-01-0132634Improvement of organic acid production with sulfate addition during syngas fermentation using mixed culturesYinbo Xiang0Haiping Luo1Guangli Liu2Renduo Zhang3Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Pollution Process and Control, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming, 525000, ChinaGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Corresponding author. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Corresponding author.Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, ChinaThe aim of this study is to investigate the effect of sulfate on conversion of CO2 into organics using syngas fermentation with mixed culture. Fermentation tests were operated under H2 concentrations of 2.14 and 21.4 ​mmol/d, respectively, using substrates contained different initial concentrations of sulfate (i.e. 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 ​mM). The addition of sulfate improved the acetate and formate production, and the enhancement was positively correlated with the sulfate concentrations from 2 to 8 ​mM. With 8 ​mM sulfate, the maximum acetate concentrations reached 75.4 ​± ​4.51 and 76.1 ​± ​7.77 ​mM under H2 concentrations of 2.14 and 21.4 ​mmol/d, respectively, which were 1.47 and 2.58 times higher than those of the treatment without sulfate. The biomass achieved with the sulfate addition was 52%–97% higher than that without sulfate. High-throughput pyrosequencing showed that with the presence of sulfate, Acetobacterium and Desulfovibrio were dominant in the microbial community with high relative abundance of 43% and 38%, respectively. This study suggested that the performance of syngas fermentation could be improved with co-metabolism between homoacetogen and sulfate-reducing bacteria.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666445322000034Syngas fermentationSulfateOrganics productionHomoacetogenic bacteriaSulfate reducing bacteria
spellingShingle Yinbo Xiang
Haiping Luo
Guangli Liu
Renduo Zhang
Improvement of organic acid production with sulfate addition during syngas fermentation using mixed cultures
Water Cycle
Syngas fermentation
Sulfate
Organics production
Homoacetogenic bacteria
Sulfate reducing bacteria
title Improvement of organic acid production with sulfate addition during syngas fermentation using mixed cultures
title_full Improvement of organic acid production with sulfate addition during syngas fermentation using mixed cultures
title_fullStr Improvement of organic acid production with sulfate addition during syngas fermentation using mixed cultures
title_full_unstemmed Improvement of organic acid production with sulfate addition during syngas fermentation using mixed cultures
title_short Improvement of organic acid production with sulfate addition during syngas fermentation using mixed cultures
title_sort improvement of organic acid production with sulfate addition during syngas fermentation using mixed cultures
topic Syngas fermentation
Sulfate
Organics production
Homoacetogenic bacteria
Sulfate reducing bacteria
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666445322000034
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