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Production of 2,3-Butylene Glycol from Whey by Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter aerogenes

Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis 95616

ABSTRACT

Production of 2,3-butylene glycol from whey with Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter aerogenes was studied. Sterilization of the whey was unnecessary. Acid whey required neutralization, but sweet whey did not. Butylene glycol production was most efficient at 33°C for Klebsiella pneumoniae and at 37°C for Enterobacter aerogenes. Aeration significantly improved yields. Klebsiella pneumoniae produced more butylene glycol than did Enterobacter aerogenes in unsupplemented whey. The addition of 50 mM sodium acetate to whey increased the production of butylene glycol and acetoin by Enterobacter aerogenes; it also increased the production of glycol by Klebsiella pneumoniae, but the increase in this case was offset by a decrease of production of acetoin. Maximal yields of the glycol plus acetoin in whey were obtained in 48 to 64 h, but Enterobacter aerogenes required about 160 h for complete utilization of the lactose. Highest yields were about .3 M butylene glycol plus acetoin, which corresponds to the production of about 10 kg of glycol from 380 liters of whey.