Enhanced cofermentation of glucose and xylose by recombinant Saccharomyces yeast strains in batch and continuous operating modes
- National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)
- Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States); and others
Agricultural residues, such as grain by-products, are rich in the hydrolyzable carbohydrate polymers hemicellulose and cellulose; hence, they represent a readily available source of the fermentable sugars xylose and glucose. The biomass-to-ethanol technology is now a step closer to commercialization because a stable recombinant yeast strain has been developed that can efficiently ferment glucose and xylose simultaneously (coferment) to ethanol. This strain, LNH-ST, is a derivative of Saccharomyces yeast strain 1400 that carries the xylose-catabolism encoding genes of Pichia stipitis in its chromosome. Continuous pure sugar cofermentation studies with this organism resulted in promising steady-state ethanol yields (70.4% of theoretical based on available sugars) at a residence time of 48 h. 17 refs., 4 figs., 3 tabs.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 576228
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960539-; ISSN 0273-2289; TRN: 98:000980-0013
- Journal Information:
- Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 63-65; Conference: 18. symposium on biotechnology for fuels and chemicals, Gatlinburg, TN (United States), 5-9 May 1996; Other Information: PBD: Spr 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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