{"id":1590,"date":"2015-09-02T14:35:29","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T14:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/jugroup\/?p=1590"},"modified":"2015-09-02T21:09:01","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T21:09:01","slug":"new-publication-stationary-phase-cellulase-production-to-save-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/jugroup\/2015\/09\/02\/new-publication-stationary-phase-cellulase-production-to-save-60\/","title":{"rendered":"New Publication &#8211; Stationary phase cellulase production to save 60% of cost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have found a way to reduce the cost of cellulase by up to\u00a060% by creating a stationary phase cellulase production. \u00a0Cellulase is a critical enzyme used in\u00a0biofuel, textile, and paper industries. \u00a0Typically, this enzyme is made by growing a fungus,\u00a0<em>Trichoderma reesei,<\/em> in a submerged or solid state fermentation. \u00a0The enzyme is a liquid product released by the cells to eat cellulose (plant materials).<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0this work, we show that phosphorus limitation allows us to produce cellulase as a secondary metabolite (not related to growth). \u00a0This method allows us to stop the fungus from growing (and producing excessive\u00a0biomass) and instead focus resources into product (cellulase) production. \u00a0These changes can be coupled with both fungal pellet formation for easy separation and long-term product formation. \u00a0As shown the supplementary materials, the cost of cellulase production can be reduced by 60% with lower carbon source waste and reduced water usage.<\/p>\n<p>Details from this work will be published in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.enzmictec.2015.08.012\" target=\"_blank\">Enzyme and Microbial Technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have found a way to reduce the cost of cellulase by up to\u00a060% by creating a stationary phase cellulase production. \u00a0Cellulase is a critical enzyme used in\u00a0biofuel, textile, and paper industries. \u00a0Typically, this enzyme is made by growing a fungus,\u00a0Trichoderma reesei, in a submerged or solid state fermentation. \u00a0The \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/jugroup\/2015\/09\/02\/new-publication-stationary-phase-cellulase-production-to-save-60\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2010,"featured_media":1594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50348,63],"tags":[41842,50382,50378],"class_list":["post-1590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts","category-publications","tag-article","tag-cellulase","tag-publications"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/jugroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1126\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-02-at-10.33.06-AM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/jugroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/jugroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/jugroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/jugroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2010"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/jugroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1590"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/jugroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1614,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/jugroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1590\/revisions\/1614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/jugroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/jugroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/jugroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/jugroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}