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Two strains of Z. mobilis were evaluated for temperature sensitivity between 25°C and 40°C. At higher temperatures the cell viability, biomass yield, ethanol yield and final ethanol concentration decreased, and there was evidence of increased ethanol inhibition. However the kinetic parameters μ, qs and qp were largely unaffected by temperature over this range.
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Lee, K.J., Skotnicki, M.L., Tribe, D.E. et al. The effect of temperature on the kinetics of ethanol production by strains of Zymomonas mobilis. Biotechnol Lett 3, 291–296 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00127397
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