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Mineral Composition of the Sugarcane Juice and Its Influence on the Ethanol Fermentation

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In the present work, we evaluated the mineral composition of three sugarcane varieties from different areas in northeast Brazil and their influence on the fermentation performance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The mineral composition was homogeneous in the different areas investigated. However, large variation coefficients were observed for concentrations of copper, magnesium, zinc and phosphorus. Regarding the fermentation performances, the sugarcane juices with the highest magnesium concentration showed the highest ethanol yield. Synthetic media supplemented with magnesium also showed the highest yield (0.45 g g−1) while the excess of copper led to the lowest yield (0.35 g g−1). According to our results, the magnesium is the principal responsible for the increase on the ethanol yield, and it also seems to be able to disguise the inhibitory effects of the toxic minerals present in the sugarcane juice.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to all distilleries and farms that provided sugarcanes and fermentation samples for the experimental work. This work was supported by grants from the National Council of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq) and the Bioethanol Research Network of the State of Pernambuco (CNPq-FACEPE/PRONEM).

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  1. Interdepartmental Research Group in Metabolic Engineering, Department of Genetics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235, 50670-901, Recife, PE, Brazil

    Rafael Barros de Souza, Raquel de Fátima Rodrigues de Souza & Marcos Antonio de Morais Jr

  2. Biomass Energy Research Group, Department of Nuclear Energy, Federal University of Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235, 50670-901, Recife, PE, Brazil

    Emmanuel D. Dutra

  3. Fermenta Industrial Biotechnology and Environment ME, Incubatep/ITEP, Av Luiz Freire, 700, room 10, 50740-540, Recife, PE, Brazil

    João Assis S. de Menezes

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de Souza, R.B., de Menezes, J.A.S., de Souza, R.d.F.R. et al. Mineral Composition of the Sugarcane Juice and Its Influence on the Ethanol Fermentation. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 175, 209–222 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-014-1258-7

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