Isolation and Charcterization of butanol Producing Clostridiumisolates from Diverse Sources
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2013
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UAS, Dharwad
Abstract
There is an incessant fluctuation in oil prices besides increasing stress from
environmental pollution. The microbial production of biofuel from renewable sources is
gaining interest. Biobutanol has advantages over traditional fuel ethanol in terms of energy
density and hygroscopicity. Therefore, the present study was conducted to isolate and
characterize butanol producing Clostridium sp from diverse sources.
In the present study, 42 samples including soil, spoilt fruits etc. were collected from
various natural sources from different locations of zone 8 of North Karnataka. A total of 130
biobutanol producing Clostridium isolates were isolated following standard Hungates roll
tube technique. All the isolates that were Gram positive and forming endospores were
considered to be Clostridium sp.
Among these 47 isolates showed positive for indole production and gelatin liquefaction
which are the main characters of Butanol producing Clostridium sp. Based on the rifampicin
sensitivity, curd formation and riboflavin production the isolates were tentatively identified
as, C. acetobutylicum, C.NCP 262, C. saccharoper butylacetonicum and C. beijerinckii.
Fifteen isolates were selected based on their sources for detection of organic acids
viz., acetic, propionic and butyric acid by high performance liquid chromatography. The
highest production of acetic acid 37.11 mg ml-1 was detected in CL-26(3) and the highest
butyric acid of 3.49 mg ml-1 was detected in CL-12(2) and the highest production of
propionic acid was found in CL-40(4) was 30.69 mg ml-1, The strain ATCC 824 produced
30.80 mg ml-1 of acetic acid, 6.85 mg ml-1 of butyric acid and 0.61 mg ml-1 of propionic acid
respectively.
The wide variations in the production of organic acids indicated genetic variability.
Majority of the isolates belong to C. acetobutylicum, which was habituated in diverse
sources. Thus, efficient strains can be screened for butanol production from biomass.