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. 2013 Jan 17;3(1):52–85. doi: 10.3390/life3010052

Table 3.

Literature overview of fermentation studies on C. saccharolyticus grown on pure sugar substrates. * Yields in mol H2/mol hexose; nd, not determined; ** For batch cultivations the maximal productivity is given; nd, not determined; B, batch cultivation; and CB, controlled batch cultivation; Chem, chemostat cultivations.

Reference Substrate Substrate H2 Yield * Productivity ** Cultivation method Dilution rate (h−1) Remarks
load (g/L) (mmol/(L*h))
[100] Glucose 10 3.0 20.0 mol/(g*h) CB
10 3.4 23.6 mol/(g*h) CB No YE in medium
4 3.5 10.1 mol/(g*h) Chem 0.05
4 3.5 10.4 mol/(g*h) Chem 0.05 No YE in medium
[75] Glucose 5 3.5 5.2 Chem 0.05
5 2.9 11.0 Chem 0.15 Residual glucose (3 mM)
5 1.8 2.5 Chem 0.05 no sparging, open gas outlet
5 wash out wash out Chem 0.15 no sparging, open gas outlet
[101] Glucose 5 nd nd B Extracellular proteome
[91] Glucose 10 3.4 12.0 CB
31 2.8 12.9 CB Residual glucose
[93] Sucrose 10 2.9 7.1 CB
[94] Glucose/Xylose/Sucrose 10 3.2 10.7 CB Sugar mix
(6:2.5:1.5, w/w/w) 20 2.8 9.4 CB Sugar mix
[55] Glucose 10 3.2 11.2 CB
20 3.4 12.2 CB
Fructose 10 2.6 13.2 CB
20 2.4 13.4 CB
Glucose/Fructose 10 3.0 13.2 CB Sugar mix
(7:3, w/w) 20 2.6 12.2 CB Sugar mix
[35] Xylose 5 nd nd B Proteome data
Glucose 5 nd nd B Proteome data
[50] Glucose 5 nd nd B Extracellular proteome
[79] Sucrose 4 2.7 23.0 CB
4 3.1 11.8 CB CO2 sparging
Glucose 4 3.0 20.0 CB
4 2.7 12.0 CB CO2 sparging
[53] Glucose 0.5 nd nd B Microarray data
Mannose 0.5 nd nd B Microarray data
Arabinose 0.5 nd nd B Microarray data
Xylose 0.5 nd nd B Microarray data
Fructose 0.5 nd nd B Microarray data
Galactose 0.5 nd nd B Microarray data
mix (0.5 g/L each) 3 nd nd B Microarray data, Sugar mix
[54] Glucose/Xylose 10 3.4 12.0 CB Sugar mix
(7:3 w/w) 14 3.3 10.1 CB Sugar mix
28 2.4 9.7 CB Sugar mix
[102] Sucrose 10.3 2.8 22.0 Trickle bed 0.2–0.3 400 L, non-axenic fermentation
[33] Glucose 4 nd nd CB Microarray data
Xylose 4 nd nd CB Microarray data
Rhamnose 4 nd nd CB Microarray data
Glucose/Xylose (1:1, w/w) 4 nd nd CB Microarray data
[56] Glucose 4.4 3.3 4.2 Chem 0.05
4.4 3.6 8.9 Chem 0.10
4.4 2.9 9.5 Chem 0.15 Residual glucose (3.3 mM)
4.4 2.9 9.1 Chem 0.20 Residual glucose (8.9 mM)
4.4 3.1 11.0 Chem 0.30 Residual glucose (12.4 mM)
4.4 3.0 12.4 Chem 0.35 Residual glucose (12.7 mM)
1.9 4.0 4.0 Chem 0.09
1.9 3.3 9.9 Chem 0.30 Residual glucose (0.6 mM)
4.1 3.5 7.7 Chem 0.09
4.1 3.1 11.6 Chem 0.30 Residual glucose (11.9 mM)
[78] Glucose 10 2.5 10.7 CB
Xylose 10 2.7 11.3 CB
Glucose/Xylose (11:3, w/w) 8.4 2.4 9.2 CB Sugar mix
[103] Sucrose 10 3.3 8.4 CB