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Pentose fermentation of normally toxic lignocellulose prehydrolysate with strain of Pichia stipitis yeast using air

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OSTI ID:874957
Strains of the yeast Pichia stipitis NPw9 (ATCC PTA-3717) useful for the production of ethanol using oxygen for growth while fermenting normally toxic lignocellulosic prehydrolysates.
Research Organization:
Midwest Research Institute
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-99GO10337;
Assignee:
Midwest Research Institute (Kansas City, MO)
Patent Number(s):
US 6498029
OSTI ID:
874957
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Comparison of corn steep liquor with other nutrients in the fermentation of D-Xylose by Pichia stipitis CBS 6054 journal February 1994
Yeast adaptation on softwood prehydrolysate journal March 1998