title: A novel wild-type Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain TSH1 in scaling-up of solid-state fermentation of ethanol from sweet sorghum stalks.
abstract: The rising demand for bioethanol, the most common alternative to petroleum-derived fuel used worldwide, has encouraged a feedstock shift to non-food crops to reduce the competition for resources between food and energy production. Sweet sorghum has become one of the most promising non-food energy crops because of its high output and strong adaptive ability. However, the means by which sweet sorghum stalks can be cost-effectively utilized for ethanol fermentation in large-scale industrial production and commercialization remains unclear. In this study, we identified a novel Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain, TSH1, from the soil in which sweet sorghum stalks were stored. This strain exhibited excellent ethanol fermentative capacity and ability to withstand stressful solid-state fermentation conditions. Furthermore, we gradually scaled up from a 500-mL flask to a 127-m3 rotary-drum fermenter and eventually constructed a 550-m3 rotary-drum fermentation system to establish an efficient industrial fermentation platform based on TSH1. The batch fermentations were completed in less than 20 hours, with up to 96 tons of crushed sweet sorghum stalks in the 550-m3 fermenter reaching 88% of relative theoretical ethanol yield (RTEY). These results collectively demonstrate that ethanol solid-state fermentation technology can be a highly efficient and low-cost solution for utilizing sweet sorghum, providing a feasible and economical means of developing non-food bioethanol.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Jianbin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Quanzhou
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Peipei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Beijing Engineering Research Center for Biofuels, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Shizhong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D056804:Biofuels / Q000382:microbiology; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism*; D005285:Fermentation; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D045868:Sorghum / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; D000431:Ethanol
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