Direct Fermentation of d -Xylose to Ethanol by Kluyveromyces marxianus Strains
- 1 November 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 44 (5), 1039-1041
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.44.5.1039-1041.1982
Abstract
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−1; 100% d-xylose utilization was completed in 48 h.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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