Meanwhile, let me post this recent news from France-based Leaf Technologies (Lesaffre Advanced Fermentation Technologies) on its R&D collaboration with Dutch DNA, a spin-out of independent research organization, TNO. Dutch DNA and Leaf Technologies will focus on the development of a new fungal host for the production of itaconic acid. The partners aims to create an engineered fungal host with superior performance, and that could utilize both simple and cellulosic sugars.<\/p>\n
The goal is to reduce the production cost of itaconic acid and enable its broader use as a renewable building block chemical. Itaconic acid currently has a small market with limited industrial applications.<\/p>\n
The only company the blog knows so far that are in the itaconic acid development is New Hampshire, US-based Itaconix Corporation, and we\u2019ve reported in August some of the company\u2019s commercialization of polymer products based on the derivative polyitaconic acid.\u00a0 The company noted in a presentation last year the potential addressable market for itaconic acid is around 10.8 million tons as a building block, as linear polymers, cross-linked polymers and emulsion polymers.<\/p>\n
Supply of itaconic acid is reportedly around 70 kt of worldwide fermentation capacity from 3 large and 4 smaller facilities in China using C6 feedstock. One facility in the US is a repurposed facility using C6 feedstock as well.<\/p>\n
Primary current use of itaconic acid is as a co-monomer in emulsion polymers, and demand worldwide is estimated at less than 40 kt. Current production of itaconic acid is through fermentation of glucose with A.terreus microorganism.<\/p>\n
Other alternative routes include fermentation of hemicellulose sugars with Aspergillus Terreus; fermentation of glycerol with Aspergillus Terreus; biotransformation of citric acid; upgrading succinic acid; fermentation of glucose with Aspergillus Niger or using new organisms such as what Leaf and Dutch DNA aim to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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