title: Direct ethanol production from cellulosic materials by the hypersaline-tolerant white-rot fungus Phlebia sp. MG-60.
abstract: White-rot fungus Phlebia sp. MG-60 was identified as a good producer of ethanol from several cellulosic materials containing lignin. When this fungus was cultured with 20 g/L unbleached hardwood kraft pulp (UHKP), 8.4 g/L ethanol was produced after 168 h of incubation giving yields of ethanol of 0.42 g/g UHKP, 71.8% of the theoretical maximum. When this fungus was cultured with waste newspaper, 4.2g/L ethanol was produced after 216 h of incubation giving yields of ethanol of 0.20 g/g newspaper, 51.1% of the theoretical maximum. Glucose, mannose, galactose, fructose and xylose were completely assimilated by Phlebia sp. MG-60 with ethanol yields of 0.44, 0.41, 0.40, 0.41 and 0.33 g/g of sugar respectively. These results indicated that Phlebia sp. MG-60 was a good candidate for bioethanol production from cellulosic materials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forest and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuen-kibanadai-nishi, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan. kamei@cc.miyazaki-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kamei
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirota
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: Sadatoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meguro
authors.forename: Ryuichiro
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kondo
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000502:physiology*; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D002475:Cellobiose / Q000378:metabolism; D002482:Cellulose / Q000378:metabolism*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism*; D005285:Fermentation / Q000502:physiology; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D008320:Maltose / Q000378:metabolism; D010209:Paper; D055049:Salt Tolerance; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002475:Cellobiose; D000431:Ethanol; D008320:Maltose; D002482:Cellulose; D005947:Glucose