title: Optimization of L-(+)-lactic acid production by ring and disc plastic composite supports through repeated-batch biofilm fermentation.
abstract: Four customized bioreactors, three with plastic composite supports (PCS) and one with suspended cells (control), were operated as repeated-batch fermentors for 66 days at pH 5 and 37 degrees C. The working volume of each customized reactor was 600 ml, and each reactor's medium was changed every 2 to 5 days for 17 batches. The performance of PCS bioreactors in long-term biofilm repeated-batch fermentation was compared with that of suspended-cell bioreactors in this research. PCS could stimulate biofilm formation, supply nutrients to attached and free suspended cells, and reduce medium channelling for lactic acid production. Compared with conventional repeated-batch fermentation, PCS bioreactors shortened the lag time by threefold (control, 11 h; PCS, 3.5 h) and sixfold (control, 9 h; PCS, 1.5 h) at yeast extract concentrations of 0.4 and 0.8% (wt/vol), respectively. They also increased the lactic acid productivity of Lactobacillus casei subsp. rhamnosus (ATCC 11443) by 40 to 70% and shortened the total fermentation time by 28 to 61% at all yeast extract concentrations. The fastest productivity of the PCS bioreactors (4.26 g/liter/h) was at a starting glucose concentration of 10% (wt/vol), whereas that of the control (2.78 g/liter/h) was at 8% (wt/vol). PCS biofilm lactic acid fermentation can drastically improve the fermentation rate with reduced complex-nutrient addition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, Ames 50011, USA.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Pometto
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Hinz
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development; D019149:Bioreactors; D003470:Culture Media / Q000378:metabolism; D005285:Fermentation; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D007780:Lacticaseibacillus casei / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010969:Plastics; D015003:Yeasts / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D010969:Plastics; D019344:Lactic Acid; D005947:Glucose