Alcohol production from sugar mixtures by Pachysolen tannophilus
The ability of P. tannophilus to produce ethanol from sugar mixtures was investigated. With mixtures simulating spent sulfite liquor and a hardboard mill effluent, yields of 76 to 84% of theoretical were obtained with a wild-type strain, which increased to 83 to 90% with a mutant selected for more rapid growth on D-galactose. A small but significant loss in yield was caused by the formation by both strains of acetate, xylitol and L-arabinitol. The loss was estimated to be in the range of 5 to 8.3% for the mutant and 7.1 to 12% for the wild-type. One conclusion drawn from these results was that the organism has the potential for use with a wide variety of hydrolysates, since the four sugars which could be efficiently fermented in the mixtures - D-mannose, D-xylose, D-glucose, and D-galactose - generally comprise more than 90% of those in polysaccharides from many biomass sources. The organism was also found to be capable of producing ethanol from, and surviving in, spent sulfite liquor. However, productivity decreased on recycling the cells, suggesting that strain improvement will be a necessary step in process development. 1 figure, 3 tables.
- Research Organization:
- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa
- OSTI ID:
- 6010010
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-820580-
- Journal Information:
- Biotechnol. Bioeng. Symp.; (United States), Vol. 12; Conference: 4. symposium on biotechnology in energy production and conservation, Gatlinburg, TN, USA, 11 May 1982
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ETHANOL
BIOSYNTHESIS
SPENT LIQUORS
FERMENTATION
CELL RECYCLE
GALACTOSE
GLUCOSE
MANNOSE
MUTANTS
XYLOSE
YEASTS
ALCOHOLS
ALDEHYDES
BIOCONVERSION
CARBOHYDRATES
FUNGI
HEXOSES
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LIQUID WASTES
MICROORGANISMS
MONOSACCHARIDES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PENTOSES
PLANTS
SACCHARIDES
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