ETHANOL-PRODUCTION BY A MIXED CULTURE OF FLOCCULANT STRAINS OF ZYMOMONAS-MOBILIS AND SACCHAROMYCES SP

Authors
ABATE C CALLIERI D RODRIGUEZ E GARRO O
Citation
C. Abate et al., ETHANOL-PRODUCTION BY A MIXED CULTURE OF FLOCCULANT STRAINS OF ZYMOMONAS-MOBILIS AND SACCHAROMYCES SP, Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 45(5), 1996, pp. 580-583
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied microbiology and biotechnology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01757598
Volume
45
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
580 - 583
Database
ISI
SICI code
0175-7598(1996)45:5<580:EBAMCO>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Pure and mixed cultures of Zymomonas mobilis and Saccharomyces sp. wer e tested for the production of ethanol using sucrose as the carbon sou rce. Both strains, isolated from spontaneously fermenting sugar-cane j uice, are flocculent and alcohol-tolerant. The best results were obtai ned using a mixed culture, with a yield of 0.5 g ethanol/g sugar consu med and a volumetric productivity of 1.5 g ethanol l(-1) h(-1). No lev an was produced even if a sucrose-based medium was used.