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- Christakopoulos, Paul, et al.
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Direct conversion of sorghum carbohydrates to ethanol by a mixed microbial culture
- 1993
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In: Bioresource Technology. - 0960-8524 .- 1873-2976. ; 45:2, s. 89-92
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)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.
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- Christakopoulos, Paul, et al.
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Direct ethanol conversion of pretreated straw by Fusarium oxysporum
- 1991
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In: Bioresource Technology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0960-8524 .- 1873-2976. ; 35:3, s. 297-300
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Factors affecting the direct conversion of alkali pretreated straw to ethanol by Fusarium oxysporum F3 were investigated and the alkali level used for pretreatment and the degree of delignification of straw were found to be the most important. A linear correlation between ethanol yield and both the degree of straw delignification and the alkali level was observed. At optimum delignified straw concentration (4% w/v), a maximum ethanol yield of 0·275 g ethanol g−1 of straw was obtained corresponding to 67·8% of the theoretical yield.
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