title: Bioconversion of lignocellulosic fraction of water-hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) hemicellulose acid hydrolysate to ethanol by Pichia stipitis.
abstract: Fermentation of acid hydrolysate of water-hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), a free floating aquatic plant has been investigated for ethanol production. The dilute acid treatment has been applied to utilize the maximum hemicellulosic content of the water-hyacinth. The goal of this work was to investigate, both experimentally and theoretically using mathematical tools, a fermentative system utilizing water-hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) hemicellulose acid hydrolysate as a substrate for ethanol production using Pichia stipitis. It was found that 72.83% of xylose was converted to ethanol with a yield of 0.425 g(p)/g(s) and productivity of 0.176 g(p)/L/h. An appropriate mathematical model was developed to explain theoretically the bioconversion of this hemicellulose acid hydrolysate to ethanol and the model was tested statistically to check the validity of the model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemical Engineering and Food Technology, HB Technological Institute, Kanpur, UP, India.
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Sanjoy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh
mesh_terms: D018533:Biomass; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D031806:Eichhornia / Q000378:metabolism*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000032:analysis / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005285:Fermentation; D005742:Gasoline; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007700:Kinetics; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D010843:Pichia / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000378:metabolism*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D005742:Gasoline; D011134:Polysaccharides; D000431:Ethanol; C007916:hemicellulose; D010100:Oxygen