Chemical inhibition of the contaminant Lactobacillus fermentum from distilleries producing fuel bioethanol



Título del documento: Chemical inhibition of the contaminant Lactobacillus fermentum from distilleries producing fuel bioethanol
Revista: Brazilian archives of biology and technology
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000373474
ISSN: 1516-8913
Autors: 1
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Institucions: 1Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Assis, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
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Període: May-Jun
Volum: 57
Número: 3
Paginació: 441-447
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés The purpose of this study was to determine the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of pure or mixed chemicals for Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Lactobacillus fermentum in the samples isolated from distilleries with serious bacterial contamination problems. The biocides, which showed the best results were: 3,4,4' trichlorocarbanilide (TCC), tested at pH 4.0 (MIC = 3.12 mg/l), TCC with benzethonium chloride (CBe) at pH 6.0 (MIC = 3.12 mg/l) and TCC mixed with benzalkonium chloride (CBa) at pH 6.0 (MIC = 1.53 mg /l). If CBa was used in sugar cane milling in 1:1 ratio with TCC, a 8 times reduction of CBa was possible. This formulation also should be tested in fermentation steps since it was more difficult for the bacterium to develop resistance to biocide. There was no inhibition of S. cerevisiae and there were only antibiotics as an option to bacterial control of fuel ethanol fermentation by S. cerevisiae
Disciplines Biología,
Química
Paraules clau: Fermentación,
Biotecnología,
Bioproducción,
Etanol,
Contaminación bacteriana,
Lactobacillus fermentum,
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Keyword: Biology,
Chemistry,
Fermentation,
Biotechnology,
Bioproduction,
Ethanol,
Bacterial pollution,
Lactobacillus fermentum,
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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