Ethanol productions from D-xylose and cellobiose by Kluyveromyces cellobiovorus.
Yeasts capable of fermenting both D-xylose and cellobiose to ethanol were screened. Of 213 species of yeasts surveyed, Kluyveromyces cellobiovorus sp. nov., a new species belonging to genus of Kluyveromyces, was selected as the sole strain. This strain accumulated 32, 22, and 19 g/L of ethanol from 8% glucose, D-xylose, and cellobiose, respectively. It was also shown that this strain produced ethanol from the enzymatic bagasse hydrolysate containing hexoses and pentoses more efficiently than Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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Tokyo Research Laboratories, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co Ltd, 3-6-6 Asahimachi, Machidashi, Tokyo, Japan.
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Masunaga
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Takayama
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