Kinetics of ethanol inhibition in alcohol fermentation
- 1 March 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Biotechnology & Bioengineering
- Vol. 27 (3), 280-285
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.260270311
Abstract
The inhibitory effect of ethanol on yeast growth and fermentation has been studied for the strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae ATCC No. 4126 under anaerobic batch conditions. The results obtained reveal that there is no striking difference between the response of growth and ethanol fermentation. Two kinetic models are also proposed to describe the kinetic pattern of ethanol inhibition on the specific rates of growth and ethanol fermentation: The maximum allowable ethanol concentration above which cells do not grow was predicted to be 112 g/L. The ethanol-producing capability of the cells was completely inhibited at 115 g/L ethanol. The proposed models appear to accurately represent the experimental data obtained in this study and the literature data.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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