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Pure and mixed cultures of Zymomonas mobilis and Saccharomyces sp. were tested for the production of ethanol using sucrose as the carbon source. Both strains, isolated from spontaneously fermenting sugar-cane juice, are flocculent and alcohol-tolerant. The best results were obtained using a mixed culture, with a yield of 0.5 g ethanol/g sugar consumed and a volumetric productivity of 1.5 g ethanol l-1 h-1. No levan was produced even if a sucrose-based medium was used.
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Received: 20 April 1995/Received revision: 26 July 1995/Accepted: 13 September 1995
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Abate, C., Callieri, D., Rodríguez, E. et al. Ethanol production by a mixed culture of flocculent strains of Zymomonas mobilis and Saccharomyces sp.. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 45, 580–583 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002530050732
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002530050732