From beet molasses to malic acid: holistic development of fermentation and downstream process
Agricultural residue streams are often proposed as cost-effective alternatives for fermentative platform chemical production, although the challenges addressed hamper the direct transfer of process strategies from established organic acid production. By presenting a holistic approach explicitly tailored to malic acid production from untreated molasses, this work demonstrates the techno-economic feasibility of the developed process at a meaningful scale.
Authors
- Jørgen Barsett Magnus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4381-0088)
- Lars M. Blank (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0961-4976)
- Andreas Jupke
- Christina Maria Krekel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6098-8194)
- Mario Beckers
- Katharina Maria Saur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8658-7137)
- Constantin Alexander Maaß (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2147-0182)
- Luca Antonia Grebe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5532-5797)
- An N. T. Phan
- Jörn Viell
- Martin Smotrycki
Institutions
- Forschungszentrum Jülich (DE)
- Jülich Aachen Research Alliance (DE)
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
- FH Aachen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts
- Published
- 2026-02-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-026-02736-8
- Primary Topic
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00