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acetone-butanol fermentation [1 record]

Record 1 2013-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Biomass Energy
CONT

In response to the shortage of [acetone], Chaim Weigmann, a Russian-born chemist, developed the acetone-butanol fermentation, which depends on the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium acetobutylicum. ... the acetone-butanol process remained an important source of acetone for many years, until it was displaced by processes based on petroleum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Énergie de la biomasse
CONT

Devant la pénurie en [acétone], Chaim Weigmann, un chimiste d'origine russe [...] mit au point la fermentation acétono-butylique, dont l'agent est la bactérie anaérobie Clostridium acetobutylicum. [...] le procédé acétono-butylique demeura, pendant de nombreuses années, une source importante d'acétone, jusqu'à ce que des procédés pétrochimiques le remplacent.

CONT

[...] la fermentation acétonobutylique utilise les pentoses, abondants [...] dans les hydrolysats de substrats lignocellulosiques.

Spanish

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