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The product patterns were analyzed for sucrose, fermented by non-axenic continuous cultures, at different pH-values. At pH 4.0–4.5, ethanol was the dominant metabolite. Butyric acid dominated between pH 4.5 and 5.0 while a mixed volatile acid pattern occured at higher pH-values. Hydrogen gas production appeared to be associated with butyric acid and never represented more then 6.5 % of the reducing equivalents of the feed.
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Segers, L., Verstrynge, L. & Verstraete, W. Product patterns of non-axenic sucrose fermentation as a function of pH. Biotechnol Lett 3, 635–640 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00158692
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