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The effect of aeration on D-xylose fermentation byPachysolen tannophilus,Pichia stipitis,Kluyveromyces marxianus andCandida shehatae

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The fermentation of D-xylose byPachysolen tannophilus Y2460,Pichia stipitis Y7124,Kluyveromyces marxianus Y2415 andCandida shehatae Y12878 was investigated in aerobic, anaerobic and microaerophilic batch cultures. The aeration rate greatly influenced the fermentations; growth, rate of ethanol production and oxidation of ethanol are affected. Of the strains tested,Pichia stipitis appears superior; under anaerobic conditions it converts D-xylose (20 g/l) to ethanol with a yield of 0.40 g/l and it exhibits the highest ethanol specific productivity (3.5 g of ethanol per g dry cell per day) under microaerophilic conditions.

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  1. Station d'Oenologie et de Technologie des Produits Végétaux, Institut National de la Recherche, Agronomique, boulevard du Général de Gaulle, 11104, Narbonne cedex, France

    J. P. Delgenes & R. Moletta

  2. Laboratoire de Microbiologie Industrielle, Université des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, place E. Bataillon, 34060, Montpellier cedex, France

    J. M. Navarro

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Delgenes, J.P., Moletta, R. & Navarro, J.M. The effect of aeration on D-xylose fermentation byPachysolen tannophilus,Pichia stipitis,Kluyveromyces marxianus andCandida shehatae . Biotechnol Lett 8, 897–900 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01078656

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