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The thermotolerant, ethanol-producing yeast strain, Kluyveromyces marxianus IMB3, was shown to produce ethanol at 45°C on starch-containing media supplemented with a crude amylase preparation derived from the thermophilic, filamentous fungus Talaromyces emersonii CBS 813.70. Ethanol production on media containing 4% (w/v) starch increased to a maximum of 15 g/l with 40 h, and this represented 74% of the maximum theoretical yield. Subsequent experimentation involving growth of both organisms in fermentations on starch-containing media (4% w/v) demonstrated that the mixed-culture system was capable of ethanol production at 45°C with maximum yields at 12 g/l obtained with 65 h. The advantages associated with ethanol production by this system are discussed.
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Ward, C., Nolan, A.M., O'Hanlon, K. et al. Production of ethanol at 45°C on starch-containing media by mixed cultures of the thermotolerant, ethanol-producing yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus IMB3 and the thermophilic filamentous fungus Talaromyces emersonii CBS 814.70. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 43, 408–411 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00218441
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