Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 1982 · 109 citations · 9 references
Life SciencesBiotechnologyMicrobiologyFermentation ScienceMetabolismMicrobial MetabolismAerobic FermentationAlcoholic FermentationFermentation KineticsFermentation MicrobiologyMetabolic Pathways In FermentationMicrobial Strain SelectionAerobic GrowthAlcohol FermentationEthanol FermentationEthanol ProductionMaximum Specific Growth RateSpecific Growth RateSugar-to-ethanol Yield
Eight strains of Kluyveromyces marxianus were screened, and all of them were found to ferment the aldopentose d-xylose directly to ethanol under aerobic conditions. One of these strains, K. marxianus SUB-80-S, was grown in a medium containing 20 g of d-xylose per liter, and the following results were obtained: maximum ethanol concentration, 5.6 g/liter; ethanol yield, 0.28 g of ethanol per g of d-xylose (55% of theoretical); maximum specific growth rate, 0.12 h; 100% d-xylose utilization was completed in 48 h.
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Conversion of D-xylose into ethanol by the yeast Pachysolen tannophilus
H. Schneider, P. Y. Wang, Y. K. Chan et al. · Biotechnology Letters · 1981 · 295 citations