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alcoholic fermentation

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glucose –> ethanol + CO2

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lactic acid fermentation

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glucose –> lactate

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3
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Isoenzyme regulation

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each end product individually can regulate the entire production

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Concerted regulation

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multiple end products required before regulation occurs

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Cumulative regulation

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Each end product regulates production a bit. More products = more regulation
diff combo of end products = fine tuned regulation

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6
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culture types

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batch, fed batch, continuous

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batch culture

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1 input -> ferment -> extract

  • cheap/simple
  • ideal for secondary metabolites
  • ferment too long –> toxicity buildup
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fed batch

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initial input -> ferment -> tiny inputs -> ferment -> extract

  • used to extend growth phase –> get more primary metabolites
  • require monitoring to detect growth phase slow down (technical)
    cheaper than continuous
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continuous batch

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input and extract simultaneous to ferment

  • used for primary metabolites
  • higher risk of contamination due to continued inputs
  • hard to maintain constant conditions -> need to balance conditions due to dynamic conditions
  • can catch errors mid-ferment due to continuous monitoring
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turbidostat

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maintain level of biomass based on target turbidity

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chemostat

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maintain fixed rxn volume

influx = efflux

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12
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mixing methods

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  • stir tank
  • bubble column
  • airlift loop
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stir tank

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  • mechanized
  • high maintenance
  • expensive to scale up
  • not good for filamentous fungi –> hyphae cause non-newtonian mixing
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bubble column

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  • mixing based on bubbles moving through
  • ideally a 3H:1W vessel diameter
  • cheap
  • easy to maintain
  • filamentous fungi = too thick –>weak mixing
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airlift loop

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  • slightly shitty version of bubble column –> weaker mixing
  • block in the middle allows T regulation
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16
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specific activity

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mass of product extracted per mass of biomass

more = better

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17
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purification vs yield

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product loss per purification step

therefore more purification = less final product

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18
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purifying cells

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cells = SCP –> highly efficient food source

centrifuge + dry to extract

19
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purifying liquids (EDDS FCF)

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-evap
-distillation
-drying
-settling tank
-flocculation
-centrifuge
-filtration

20
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evap

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heat dependant –> not suitable to volatiles
cheap/fast

21
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drying

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spray drying - heat atomization
drum drying - scalable
lypholization - sublimation drying w/o heat (good for volatiles)

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distillation

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evap the fluid product –> concentrates it

relies on heat –> not good for volatiles

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settling tank

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allow particulate to clump and fall –> siphon off/decant

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flocculation

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add chems to induce particulate clumping –> settling –> siphon/decant

added chems –> new required purification step(s)

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centrifuge
cheap/easy/scalable
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filtration
batch filtering --> pass once --> move on continuous filtering --> pass through --> recirculate through filter again
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lysing cells
mechanical - bead beating, liquid/solid shear chem - enzymes, detergeant (increased CM permeability), solvents (dissolve the CM)
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metabolite extraction
osmosis to pull fluids out filtration column chromatography - separating out based on molecular properties
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lessons for why SCPs failed
1) public perception - telling people you got it from bacteria ==/= palitable 2) high biomass = lots of heat --> need to balance heat management vs maximized biomass accumulation 3) photosynthetic SCP is more efficient 4) Expensive to generate --> need to maximize biorefinery methods
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beer ingredients
malt + hops (dried flowers) + water + yeast
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beer making steps
malting - boiling the malt wort - malt is boiled with hops fermentation - top/bottom fermentation cellaring - aging to stabilize packaging - tinted bottles preserve the ethanol
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wine ingredients
fruit + water + yeast
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table vs wine grapes
table grapes = low juice wine grapes = lots of juice + sweeter
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wine making steps
harvest + crushing separating skins (optional) --> retain if red wine fermentation - 10 days primary --> remove skins --> ferment 20-30 days packaging - add sulfite preservatives + corking (breathability)
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how to make hard liquors
fermentation stops when pH its too low --> limited to ~20% max distillation to concentrate the ethanol past 20%
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cheese fermentation
homolactic - only lactate heterolactic - lactate + acetyls + aldehydes --> added flavour
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making cheese
coagulation - add rennet enzyme -- >cause curdling due to pH drop whey expulsion - cut up curds + evap + drying + compression to remove whey fluid ripening - aging by microbial activity --> developes the flavour due to microbial byproducts
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lactose free cheese?
remove lactose --> use alternative carbon source --> overall process unchanged (maybe new fermenter used)
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chocolate making
pluck the seeds from the pods ferment seeds - sugar --> ethanol (anoxic) --> acetic acid (oxic) - no oxygen --> sour chocolate seed drying --> pulp falls off the beans processing - roast + grind + blend into final chocolate
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organic chems produced by fermentation
-industrial ethanol - ultra high over 90% concentration, gasohol (gasoline slightly diluted with ethanol therefore more gas to sell) -gluconic acid - detergent emulsifier + cement -lactic acid - food emulsifier -itaconic acid - paint polymerizer to hide brush strokes -citric acid - cooking + anticoagulant
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biopolymers produced by fermentation
glycerol - soap + explosives polysaccharides - gums + thickeners + stabilizers PHB - biodegradable plastic - good as packaging. biocompatible --> used for implants
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fermentation to produce bioinsecticides
Beauveria bassiana - The first successful fermentation of a bioinsecticide - gorw to high biomass --> induce stress --> causes insecticide fermentation bacillus thuringiensis - stress to induce sporulation - spores produce insecticides - contributes ~90% of all bioinsecticides
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fermentation of meds
antibiotics - fed batch for secondary metabolites (eg penecillin) steroids - microbial production of steroid intermediates = more efficient than purely chemical synthesis vaccines - fermentation of immunogenic products in response to inactivated viral strains

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