S W Singer1, A P Reddy, J M Gladden, H Guo, T C Hazen, B A Simmons, J S VanderGheynst. 1. Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, USA Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA Biomass Science and Conversion Technology Department, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, USA.
Abstract
AIMS: This work aimed to characterize microbial tolerance to 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([C2mim][OAc]), an ionic liquid that has emerged as a novel biomass pretreatment for lignocellulosic biomass. METHODS AND RESULTS: Enrichment experiments performed using inocula treated with [C2mim][OAc] under solid and liquid cultivation yielded fungal populations dominated by Aspergilli. Ionic liquid-tolerant Aspergillus isolates from these enrichments were capable of growing in a radial plate growth assay in the presence of 10% [C2mim][OAc]. When a [C2mim][OAc]-tolerant Aspergillus fumigatus strain was grown in the presence of switchgrass, endoglucanases and xylanases were secreted that retained residual enzymatic activity in the presence of 20% [C2mim][OAc]. CONCLUSIONS: The results of the study suggest that tolerance to ionic liquids is a general property of the Aspergilli. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Tolerance to an industrially important ionic liquid was discovered in a fungal genera that is widely used in biotechnology, including biomass deconstruction. Journal of Applied Microbiology
AIMS: This work aimed to characterize microbial tolerance to 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([C2mim][OAc]), an ionic liquid that has emerged as a novel biomass pretreatment for lignocellulosic biomass. METHODS AND RESULTS: Enrichment experiments performed using inocula treated with [C2mim][OAc] under solid and liquid cultivation yielded fungal populations dominated by Aspergilli. Ionic liquid-tolerant Aspergillus isolates from these enrichments were capable of growing in a radial plate growth assay in the presence of 10% [C2mim][OAc]. When a [C2mim][OAc]-tolerant Aspergillus fumigatus strain was grown in the presence of switchgrass, endoglucanases and xylanases were secreted that retained residual enzymatic activity in the presence of 20% [C2mim][OAc]. CONCLUSIONS: The results of the study suggest that tolerance to ionic liquids is a general property of the Aspergilli. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Tolerance to an industrially important ionic liquid was discovered in a fungal genera that is widely used in biotechnology, including biomass deconstruction. Journal of Applied Microbiology
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