title: Development of a low-cost fermentation medium for ethanol production from biomass.
abstract: Nutrient cost is an important aspect in the fermentation of biomass to ethanol. With a goal of developing a cost-effective fermentation medium, several industrially available nutrient sources were evaluated for their effectiveness in the simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of pretreated poplar with Saccharomyces cerevisiae D5A. These studies showed that a low-cost medium containing 0.3% corn steep liquor and 2.5 mM MgSO4 7H2O was similar in performance to a nutrient-rich medium. Besides its low cost, this alternative medium consists of components that are available on a commercial scale, thereby making it industrially relevant.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Center for Fuels and Chemicals, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA. kadamk@tcplink.nrel.gov
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Kadam
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Newman
mesh_terms: D018533:Biomass; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003470:Culture Media; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism*; D005285:Fermentation; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D000431:Ethanol; D005947:Glucose