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A hemicellulose hydrolysate containing 19 g L−1 xylose was prepared from the culm of bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) by hydrolysis with 3 % sulphuric acid with a liquor to solid ratio of 10 (g g−1) at 121 °C for 1 h. After detoxification of the hydrolysate with a commercially available activated char followed by neutralisation with calcium carbonate, the resulting sugar solution was subjected to fermentation using the yeast, Candida magnoliae. The maximum xylitol production (10.5 g L−1) and the maximum xylitol volumetric productivity (0.42 g L−1 h−1) were attained under agitation set at 400 min−1 and aeration rate of 0.67 vvm (volume of air per volume of medium per minute). According to the results, a suitable control of the oxygen supply permits the xylitol formation from bamboo hemicellulose hydrolysate.
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Miura, M., Watanabe, I., Shimotori, Y. et al. Microbial conversion of bamboo hemicellulose hydrolysate to xylitol. Wood Sci Technol 47, 515–522 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00226-012-0501-z
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