Modeling of growth, lactate consumption, and volatile fatty acid production by Megasphaera elsdenii cultivated in minimal and complex media

Biotechnology Progress
Oscar Soto-CruzGerardo Saucedo-Castañeda

Abstract

Use of the Pirt and Luedeking-Piret equations permits the determination of the effect of medium composition on the metabolic patterns of Megasphaera elsdenii grown in minimal and complex media with lactate as the major carbon source. To establish the significance of the parameters involved in the Pirt and Luedeking-Piret equations, a quantitative statistical criterion was proposed. In the complex medium, lactate was completely used for growth and product formation, whereas in the minimal medium a fraction of the energy obtained from lactate was used for maintenance purposes. Modeling of VFA production by the Luedeking-Piret equation showed that, independent of the type of medium, acetate and propionate are growth-associated products, while butyrate and valerate are only partially growth-associated. The growth-associated products are related to energy-yielding metabolism and the non-growth-associated products are related to the consumption of reducing equivalents.

Citations

Feb 26, 2013·Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology·Eduar Ortega-David, Aida Rodríguez-Stouvenel
Jul 27, 2020·Translational Animal Science·Joice V San AndresThomas E Burkey
Apr 17, 2021·Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering·C Martínez-RamírezG Saucedo-Castañeda

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