Study of a single and mixed culture for the direct bio-conversion of sorghum carbohydrates to ethanol

Lezinou, V; Christakopoulos, P; Li, L-W; Dekos, D; Macris, BJ

dc.contributor.author	Lezinou, V	en
dc.contributor.author	Christakopoulos, P	en
dc.contributor.author	Li, L-W	en
dc.contributor.author	Dekos, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Macris, BJ	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:11:30Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:11:30Z
dc.date.issued	1995	en
dc.identifier.issn	0175-7598	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/11673
dc.subject	Mixed Culture	en
dc.subject	Sorghum	en
dc.subject.classification	Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology	en
dc.subject.other	alcohol	en
dc.subject.other	carbohydrate	en
dc.subject.other	alcohol metabolism	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	biotransformation	en
dc.subject.other	carbohydrate metabolism	en
dc.subject.other	fermentation	en
dc.subject.other	fungus growth	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	Study of a single and mixed culture for the direct bio-conversion of sorghum carbohydrates to ethanol	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1007/s002530050427	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002530050427	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	1995	en
heal.abstract	Fusarium oxysporum F3 alone or in mixed culture with Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2541 fermented soluble and insoluble carbohydrates of sweet sorghum stalk directly to ethanol. Both microorganisms were first grown aerobically and fermented sorghum stalk to ethanol thereafter. During fermentation, insoluble carbohydrates were hydrolysed to soluble sugars by the celluloytic system of F. oxysporum. Ethanol yields as high as 24.4 and 33.5 g/100 g dry stalks were obtained by F. oxysporum and the mixed culture respectively, representing a theoretical yield enhancement of 11.6% and 53.6% respectively. The corresponding ethanol concentrations in the fermentation medium were 4.6% and 6.4% (w/v). These results clearly demonstrated that a large portion of insoluble carbohydrate from sorbghum was converted by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation to ethanol, making the process promising for bioethanol production.	en
heal.publisher	SPRINGER VERLAG	en
heal.journalName	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/s002530050427	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:A1995RL32500005	en
dc.identifier.volume	43	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.spage	412	en
dc.identifier.epage	415	en