Impurities of crude glycerol and their effect on metabolite production

Annals of Microbiology

Table 1 Microorganisms able to convert crude glycerol to commercially useful metabolites and the main impurities in crude glycerol having an impact on the conversion of this raw material

Strain	Metabolic product	Glycerol impurities	Reference
Clostridium butyricum VPI 1718	1,3-Propanediol (1,3-PD)	Oleic acid	Chatzifragkou et al. 2011a b
Clostridium butyricum DSM 15410	1,3-PD	Methanol	Moon et al. 2010
Klebsiella pneumoniae DSM 2026	1,3-PD	No data	Mu et al. 2006
Clostridium pasteurianum ATCC 6013	1,3-PD	Oleic, linoleic acid	Venkataramanan et al. 2012
Enterobacter aerogenes HU-101	Hydrogen	Salts	Ito et al. 2005
Yarrowia lipolytica Wratislavia AWG7	Citric acid	Methanol, salts	Rywińska et al. 2009
Yarrowia lipolytica N15	Citric acid	Fatty acids	Kamzolova et al. 2011
Basfia succiniciproducens DD1	Succinic acid	No data	Scholten et al. 2009
Gluconobacter sp. NBRC103465	Glyceric acid	Methanol	Habe et al. 2009
Yarrowia lipolytica Wratislavia K1	Erythritol	No data	Rymowicz et al. 2009
Paracoccus denitrificans	Polyhydroxyalkanoates	Salts	Mothes et al. 2007
Cupriavidus necator DSM 545	Polyhydroxyalkanoates	Sodium salts	Cavalheiro et al. 2009
Staphylococcus caseolyticus EX17	Lipase	No data	Volpato et al. 2008
Cryptococcus curvatus	Lipid	Methanol	Liang et al. 2010
Aspergillus niger NRRL 364	Lipid, oxalic acid	Potassium and sodium salts, non-glycerol organic material, methanol	André et al. 2010
Lentinula edodesAMRL 121	Lipid	Potassium and sodium salts, non-glycerol organic material, methanol	André et al. 2010
Cunninghamella echinulata ATHUM 4411	Lipid	No data	Fakas et al. 2008
Mortierella ramanniana	Lipid	No data	Bellou et al. 2012
Blakeslea trispora	β -Carotene	Soap, methanol	Mantzouridou et al. 2008

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