title: Isolation and characterization of bacterial strains with the ability to utilize high concentrations of levulinic acid, a platform chemical from inedible biomass.
abstract: Nineteen levulinic acid (LA)-utilizing bacteria were isolated from environmental samples. Following examination of the use of 80 g/L LA by some isolated strains, Brevibacterium epidermidis LA39-2 consumed 62.6 g/L LA following 8 days incubation. The strain also utilized both 90 and 100 g/L LA, with consumption ratio of 84.3 and 53.3%, respectively, after 10 days incubation.
authors: a Research Institute for Innovation in Sustainable Chemistry , National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) , Tsukuba , Japan.
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Habe
authors: Shun
authors: S
authors: Sato
authors: Tomotake
authors: T
authors: Morita
authors: Tokuma
authors: T
authors: Fukuoka
authors: Kohtaro
authors: K
authors: Kirimura
authors: Dai
authors: D
authors: Kitamoto
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D018533:Biomass; D001951:Brevibacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D007982:Levulinic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007982:Levulinic Acids; D002482:Cellulose; C032246:levulinic acid
keywords: Brevibacterium sp.; Rhodococcus sp; levulinic acid; lignocellulose