Acetone
Butanol
Fermentations
The
acetone
butanol
fermentation
is
one
of
the
oldest
fermentation
known.
The
fermentation
is
based
on
culturing
various
strains
of
Clostridia
in
carbohydrate
rich
media
under
anaerobic
conditions
to
yield
butanol
and
acetone.
Clostridium
acetobutylicum
is
the
organism
of
choice
in
the
production
of
these
organic
solvents.
These
fermentations
were
out
of
favour
till
very
recently
because
of
the
availability
of
acetone
and
butanol
from
the
petroleum
industry.
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