Direct conversion of sorghum carbohydrates to ethanol by a mixed microbial culture

Christakopoulos, P; Li, L-W; Kekos, D; Macris, BJ

dc.contributor.author	Christakopoulos, P	en
dc.contributor.author	Li, L-W	en
dc.contributor.author	Kekos, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Macris, BJ	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:09:22Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:09:22Z
dc.date.issued	1993	en
dc.identifier.issn	0960-8524	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/10930
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dc.subject	Direct fermentation	en
dc.subject	F. oxysporum	en
dc.subject	Mixed culture	en
dc.subject	S. cerevisiae	en
dc.subject	Sweet sorghum	en
dc.subject.classification	Agricultural Engineering	en
dc.subject.classification	Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology	en
dc.subject.classification	Energy & Fuels	en
dc.subject.other	Fusarium oxysporum	en
dc.subject.other	Mixed microbial culture	en
dc.subject.other	Saccharomyces cerevisiae	en
dc.subject.other	Sweet sorghum	en
dc.subject.other	Biopolymers	en
dc.subject.other	Carbohydrates	en
dc.subject.other	Ethanol	en
dc.subject.other	Fermentation	en
dc.subject.other	Hydrolysis	en
dc.subject.other	Polysaccharides	en
dc.subject.other	Bioconversion	en
dc.subject.other	alcohol	en
dc.subject.other	carbohydrate	en
dc.subject.other	cellulose	en
dc.subject.other	oligosaccharide	en
dc.subject.other	polysaccharide	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	bacterium culture	en
dc.subject.other	biotransformation	en
dc.subject.other	fermentation	en
dc.subject.other	fungus	en
dc.subject.other	fusarium oxysporum	en
dc.subject.other	nonhuman	en
dc.subject.other	saccharomyces cerevisiae	en
dc.subject.other	sorghum	en
dc.title	Direct conversion of sorghum carbohydrates to ethanol by a mixed microbial culture	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	1993	en
heal.abstract	The carbohydrates of sweet sorghum were directly converted to ethanol by a mixed culture of Fusarium oxysporum F3 and Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2541. A number of factors affecting this bioconversion was studied. Optimum ethanol yields of 33.2 g/100 g of total sorghum carbohydrates, corresponding to 10.3 g/100 g of fresh stalks, were obtained. These values represented 68.6% of the theoretical yield based on total polysaccharides and exceeded that based on oligosaccharides of sorghum by 53.7%. The results demonstrated that more than half of the sorghum polysaccharides were directly fermented to ethanol, thus making the process worthy of further investigation.	en
heal.publisher	ELSEVIER SCI LTD	en
heal.journalName	Bioresource Technology	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:A1993LX71300003	en
dc.identifier.volume	45	en
dc.identifier.issue	2	en
dc.identifier.spage	89	en
dc.identifier.epage	92	en