Session 6: Non-Traditional Fermentation: Solid State Fermentation, Alternative Feedstock for Fermentation, Syngas, and ...
Wednesday, November 11, 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Grand Ballroom F-G (Hilton Clearwater Beach Hotel)
Conveners:
Farzaneh Rezei - Novozymes and Himanshu Dhamankar - Dupont Industrial Biosciences
The world of fermentation is massive not only in the number of organisms that are used and the variety of products produced but also in the variety of fermentation methods.  One alternative fermentation method is Solid-State Fermentation (SSF) which refers to the cultivation of microorganisms in absence of free water where microorganisms grow in the water film surrounding the carrier. Although, SSF possesses some challenges as compared with traditional fermentation known as Liquid-State (submerged) fermentation, the advantages of this fermentation for some specific group of microorganisms have kept this fermentation technology ongoing for a long time. Another non-traditional aspect of today’s fermentation is the selection of alternative fermentation feedstock. This technology started with the focus on lignocellulosic materials and now is expanding beyond that with lots of interesting research in this area! Topics for this session therefore, will cover in general the following areas in solid state fermentation and alternative feedstock including but not limited to: industrial application of solid state fermentation and alternative feedstocks, challenges around inoculum development, substrate optimization, microbial growth, effects of environmental parameters, microbial growth kinetics/ modeling, reactor design, operational strategies, production scale up, as well as downstream processes.


8:00 AM
S37
9:00 AM
S33
9:30 AM
Break
10:00 AM
S38
Production of Carboxylic Acids from Lignocellulosic Biomass using Acidogenic Digestion
A. Bharadwaj*, B. Xiong, M. Kumar and T.L. Richard, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
10:30 AM
S35
Multifeed simultaneous saccharification and fermentation enables high gravity submerged fermentation of lignocellulose
C.J. Franzén*, J. Westman, R. Wang, C. Xiros and L. Olsson, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden; E. Tomas-Pejo and R. Koppram, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg
11:00 AM
S36
Comparative fermentation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Zymomonas mobilis to study microbial responses during the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to biofuels
Y. Zhang*, D. Bates, G. Sanford, D. Eilert, L.G. Oates and J. Piotrowski, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; D. Cavalier, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; R.G. Ong, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI
11:30 AM
S34
Lignin upgrading to muconic acid by recombinant Pseudomonas putida KT2440: DO-stat fed-batch process development for strain evaluation
D. Salvachua*, C.W. Johnson, D.R. Vardon and G.T. Beckham, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
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