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Direct fermentation of D-xylose to ethanol by a xylose-fermentating yeast mutant, Candida sp XF 217

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A mutant strain of Candida sp. XF 217, was found to produce ethanol from D-xylose aerobically as well as anaerobically. The rate of ethanol production under aerobic conditions was greater, indicating an oxygen requirement for the uptake of D-xylose in XF 217. Ethanol was also produced by XF 217 when D-glucose, D-fructose, sucrose or maltose were used as substrates. The D-xylose fermenting yeast strain is a potential organism to use for ethanol production from renewable biomass-derived hexoses and pentoses.

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  1. Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering A. A. Potter Engineering Center Purdue University, 47907, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

    Cheng -shung Gong, Linda D. McCracken & George T. Tsao

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Gong, C.s., McCracken, L.D. & Tsao, G.T. Direct fermentation of D-xylose to ethanol by a xylose-fermentating yeast mutant, Candida sp XF 217. Biotechnol Lett 3, 245–250 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00154652

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