Abstract
Lactobacillus viridescens, Lactobacillus sp. strain 173 (homofermentative), and Brochothrix thermosphacta ATCC 11509T were studied at different pH values and temperatures in aerobic and anaerobic batch cultures. The growth rates were higher in aerobic than in anaerobic cultures. L. viridescens grew faster at pH 5.8 than at pH 6.3, whereas the opposite was true for B. thermosphacta. Lactobacillus sp. strain 173 was inhibited in air or at 8 degrees C in anaerobic culture. B. thermosphacta did not grow in anaerobic culture at pH 5.3. The following variations in growth yields were found in the different environments studied: Lactobacillus sp. strain 173, 23 to 25 g (dry weight) per mol of glucose consumed; L. viridescens, 11 to 23 g/mol; B. thermosphacta, 16 to 38 g/mol. In air, L. viridescens produced D-lactic acid, ethanol, and acetic acid, whereas no acetic acid was produced anaerobically. Acetic acid and ethanol together constituted 41 to 48% of the total product yield irrespective of pH and temperature. Lactobacillus sp. strain 173 produced a racemic mixture of D- and L-lactic acid at pH 6.3, whereas the proportion of L-lactic acid was higher than that of D-lactic acid at pH 5.3. In air, product formation of B. thermosphacta varied from a domination of L-lactic acid to increasing yields of acetoin, acetic acid, 2,3-butanediol and isovaleric acid. The effect of pH and temperature on product formation was difficult to separate from the effect of O2 availability in aerobic cultures. However, it was indicated that more 2,3-butanediol and less acetoin were produced with a decreasing temperature.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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