title: Thermotolerant ethanologen from sugar mill waste
organism: Kluyveromyces marxianus
description: Thermotolerant yeast isolated from sugar mill waste in Uttarakhand, India. The strain grows within temperature range of 40-50 degrees centigrade and capable of fermenting mono and di-saccharides such as glucose and sucrose into ethanol and xylose to xylitol. It is flocculating in nature and can withstand high concentration of metals such as zinc, iron and calcium in fermenting media.
attributes.tag: strain
attributes.value: IIPE453
attributes.tag: isolation_source
attributes.value: sugar mill waste
attributes.tag: geo_loc_name
attributes.value: India: Uttarakhand