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  • Title: The cause of "acid-crash" and "acidogenic fermentations" during the batch acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE-) fermentation process.
    Author: Maddox IS, Steiner E, Hirsch S, Wessner S, Gutierrez NA, Gapes JR, Schuster KC.
    Journal: J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol; 2000 Jan; 2(1):95-100. PubMed ID: 10937493.
    Abstract:
    Experiments were performed to determine the cause of "acid crash", a phenomenon which occasionally occurs in pH-uncontrolled batch fermentations resulting in premature cessation of ABE (acetone butanol) production. The results indicate that "acid crash" occurs when the concentration of undissociated acids in the broth exceeds 57 - 60 mmol/l. Prevention can be achieved by introducing some limited pH control to minimize the concentration of undissociated acids or by slowing the metabolic rate, and thus the rate of acid production, by, for example, lowering the fermentation temperature. "Acidogenic fermentations", which occur when batch fermentations are performed at pH values close to neutrality, are due to rapid production of acids followed by inhibition of solventogenesis when the total acid concentration reaches 240 - 250 mmol/l. Solventogenesis can be achieved at these pH values by lowering the glucose uptake rate / acid production rate by use of e.g. elevated glucose or lowered yeast extract concentrations in the growth medium.
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