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Table 2 Summary of organic acid production from starch at various temperatures

From: Direct production of organic acids from starch by cell surface-engineered Corynebacterium glutamicum in anaerobic conditions

Strain

Temperature (°C)

Starch consumed (g/l)

α-Amylase activity (U/g dry weight cell)

Concentration (g/l)

Yield a

0 h

10 h

Lactate

Succinate

Acetate

Total organic acids

ATCC13032/pCC-pgsA

30

0.2 ± 0.2

0.1 ± 0.06

0.3 ± 0.05

0.2 ± 0.2

0.3 ± 0.1

0.5 ± 0.1

1.1 ± 0.1

ATCC13032/pCC-pgsA-amyA

30

9.2 ± 0.2

10.4 ± 1.0

9.5 ± 0.5

6.0 ± 0.3

1.5 ± 0.2

0.7 ± 0.1

8.2 ± 0.2

0.88 ± 0.01

ATCC13032/pCC-pgsA-amyA

35

12.8 ± 2.3

9.9 ± 1.0

3.9 ± 1.9

7.7 ± 0.5

2.1 ± 0.2

1.0 ± 0.1

10.8 ± 0.2

0.86 ± 0.13

ATCC13032/pCC-pgsA-amyA

40

12.0 ± 2.1

9.3 ± 0.1

1.4 ± 0.7

7.3 ± 1.2

1.5 ± 0.3

0.9 ± 0.1

9.7 ± 0.7

0.83 ± 0.13

  1. aYield is expressed as gram of total organic acids produced per gram of sugar consumed.
  2. Each reaction was performed for 10 h.
  3. Data represent the averages calculated from three independent experiments.