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Acceleration of ethanolic fermentation by zeolites

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Ethanolic fermentation of glucose by Saccharomyces cerevisiae was accelerated in presence of Silicalite only when the yeast was highly flocculent, the zeolite lowering floc size. With the sucrose and molasses, however, fermentation was accelerated even when the yeasts have low flocculence, the zeolite enhancing invertase activity of the yeast cells.

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  1. Biochemical Sciences Divisions, National Chemical Laboratory, 411 008, Pune, India

    Asmita A. Prabhune, Suchitra A. Baliga & Hephzibah SivaRaman

  2. Inorganic Chemistry Divisions, National Chemical Laboratory, 411 008, Pune, India

    Asha Chandwadkar

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Prabhune, A.A., Baliga, S.A., Chandwadkar, A. et al. Acceleration of ethanolic fermentation by zeolites. Biotechnol Tech 10, 589–594 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00157367

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