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Studies have been carried out with a highly productive strain of Zymomonas mobilis in an immobilized cell reactor using both Ca alginate and κ-carrageenan as supporting matrices. Productivities above 50 g/l/h have been found at ethanol concentrations in excess of 60 g/l. With immobilized cells of Z. mobilis, there was a decline of approximately 30s% in activity after 800 h operation.
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Grote, W., Lee, K.J. & Rogers, P.L. Continuous ethanol production by immobilized cells of Zymomonas mobilis . Biotechnol Lett 2, 481–486 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00129543
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