A stepwise strategy was devised to optimize the bioconversion of residual glycerol from biodiesel synthesis into 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PD) by a new strain Klebsiella pneumoniae. This strain is unique in its ability to convert glycerol simultaneously into 1,3-PD. The influence of glycerol...

The bioconversion of residual glycerol obtained from biodiesel synthesis into 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PD) was carried out using Ca-alginate immobilized-cells cultures of Klebsiella pneumoniae BLh-1. The immobilization parameters bead size and cell concentration were determined for the best possible...

We investigated the bioconversion of whey and whey permeate into ethanol by Kluyveromyces marxianus immobilized in Ca-alginate, in both batch and continuous cultivations. Different strains of K. marxianus and cultivation media were tested in batch mode and the effects of dilution rate (D) and...