High-rate continuous n-butanol production byClostridium acetobutylicum from glucose and butyric acid in a
single-pass fibrous bed bioreactor
Wei-Lun Chang a, Wenjie Hou a,b,
Mengmeng Xu a, Shang-Tian Yang a,*
a William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, 151 West Woodruff
Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
b College of Life Science, Northwest A&F University,
Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
*Corresponding author: Phone: 1-614-2926611; Fax: 1-614-2923769; email:
yang.15@osu.edu
Submitted to Biotechnology & Bioengineering