title: Coupling of fermentation and esterification: microbial esterification of decanoic acid with ethanol produced via fermentation.
abstract: Two different kinds of bioprocess, ethanol fermentation and subsequent microbial esterification, were coupled using Issatchenkia terricola IFO 0933 in an interface bioreactor. The strain produced ethyl decanoate (Et-DA) by esterification of exogenous decanoic acid (DA) with ethanol produced via fermentation. The efficiency of the new coupling system depended on the concentration of glucose in a carrier and DA in an organic phase (decane) in an agar plate interface bioreactor. Optimum glucose content and DA concentration were 4% and 29 mM, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Technical Research Laboratory, Kansai Paint Co. Ltd., Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan. odas@als.kansai.co.jp
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohta
mesh_terms: D003652:Decanoic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D004952:Esters / Q000378:metabolism; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism*; D005285:Fermentation; D007700:Kinetics; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003652:Decanoic Acids; D004952:Esters; D000431:Ethanol