Introduction

The production of acetone and butanol by means of solvent-producing strains of Clostridium spp. was one of the first large-scale industrial fermentation processes to be developed,and during the first part of this century it ranked second in importance only to ethanol fermentation. The reason for the almost total demise of this fermentation in the early 1960s was the inability of the fermentation process to compete economically with the chemical synthesis of solvents. However, interest in the use of renewable resources as feedstocks for the production of chemicals and recent developments in the field of biotechnology have resulted in a renewal of interest in the fermentation route as a possible source of solvent production . Within the last 7 years there has been an escalation in research aimed at obtaining a greater understanding of this complex and interesting fermentation, with the aim of developing a more efficient and competitive fermentation process. Although......

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Title: Acetone And Butanol Fermentation
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1. Acetone And Butanol Fermentation
   

   ... HISTORY Origin of Acetone Butanol Fermentation The production of butanol in a
   microbial fermentation was first reported by Pasteur in 1861. ... ...