Symposium “Novel Anaerobes 2017”, 10th November 2017 University of Minho, Braga, PortugalMixed culture fermentations (MCFs) are recognised as an inexpensive means to produce high-added-valueproducts
from low-grade biomass. However, developing a new bioprocess based on this technology is a
challenging task. Although mixed cultures are advantageous when treating complex substrates in a
continuous operation, they also pose a fundamental challenge: we are not able to fully understand the
mechanisms that control these populations. In consequence, it is difficult to control the operation and to
foresee the outcome of the process. In this context, BIOCHEM project (Figure 1) aims at designing a
methodology for the development of a novel process based on MCFs focusing on two aspects: reaching a
high productivity and achieving a high selectivity of the desired product(s)This activity is supported by ERA-IB-2 project BIOCHEM (PCIN2016-102), funded by MINECO, and by the Spanish Ministry of Education through the FPU scholarship (FPU14/05457
