title: 1,3-Propanediol production from crude glycerol from Jatropha biodiesel process.
abstract: The present report describes production of 1,3-propanediol by Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC 15380 from crude glycerol from jatropha biodiesel process. Optimization resulted in a yield of up to 56g/L of 1,3-propanediol. A conversion rate of 0.85mol 1,3-propanediol/mol of glycerol has been obtained. Downstream processing to isolate 1,3-propanediol from the fermentation broth resulted in 99.7% pure product with a recovery of 34%. The pure 1,3-propanediol was polymerized with terephthalic acid successfully to yield polytrimethylene terephthalate.
authors.affiliation: Industrial Biotechnology Group, Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd, Dhirubhai Ambani Life Sciences Centre, R-282, TTC Area of MIDC, Thane-Belapur Road, Rabale, Navi Mumbai 400 701, India.
authors.forename: Anand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hiremath
authors.forename: Mithra
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kannabiran
authors.forename: Vidhya
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rangaswamy
mesh_terms: D056804:Biofuels; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D005285:Fermentation; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D005990:Glycerol / Q000378:metabolism*; D031286:Jatropha / Q000378:metabolism*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000378:metabolism; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates / Q000378:metabolism; D058105:Polymerization; D011409:Propylene Glycols / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011409:Propylene Glycols; C498323:poly(trimethylene terephthalate); C041787:1,3-propanediol; D005947:Glucose; D005990:Glycerol