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Fermentation of maltose and starch by Klebsiella oxytoca P2

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Abstract

Klebsiella oxytoca P2, which has genes from Zymomonas mobilis encoding the alcohol dehydrogenase and pyruvate decarboxylase integrated in its chromosome, fermented 50 g maltose/l to 25.4 g of ethanol/l. It also fermented 10, 20 and 40 g starch/l yielding 4, 8.4, and 17.7 g ethanol/l, respectively, representing 72, 75 and 78% of the theoretical yield. © Rapid Science Ltd. 1998

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    Vera L. dos-Santos, Walter V. Guimarães, Everaldo G. de Barros & Elza F. Araújo

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dos-Santos, V.L., Guimarães, W.V., de Barros, E.G. et al. Fermentation of maltose and starch by Klebsiella oxytoca P2. Biotechnology Letters 20, 1179–1182 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005392823659

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