Abstract
Acid, alkaline and enzymatic hydrolysis of agricultural crop wastes were compared for yields of total reducing sugars with the hydrolysates being evaluated for ethanol production using a mixed culture of Zymomonas mobilis and Candida tropicalis. Acid hydrolysis of fruit and vegetable residues gave 49–84 g reducing sugars l−1 and 29–32 g ethanol l−1 was then obtained. Alkaline hydrolysis did not give significant amount of reducing sugars. Enzymatic hydrolysis of fruit and vegetable residues yielded 36–123 g reducing sugars l−1 and 11–54 g ethanol l−1.
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Authors are thankful to Dr. R. K. Pachauri, DG TERI and Dr. Vibha Dhawan, Vice Chancellor TERI University for providing the infrastructural facilities to execute the present study. Authors are also grateful to Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India for financial support (Grant no. BT/PR2569/AGR/08/183/2001). Authors would like to thank Dr. M.R.V.P. Reddy and Ms. Nitu Sood for their support and technical help.
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Patle, S., Lal, B. Ethanol production from hydrolysed agricultural wastes using mixed culture of Zymomonas mobilis and Candida tropicalis . Biotechnol Lett 29, 1839–1843 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-007-9493-4
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