Ethanol production from a mixture of glucose and xylose by a novel co- culture system with two fermentors and two microfiltration modules

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-64

  Taniguchi, Masayuki ^a   Itaya, Takahiro ^a   Tohma, Toshihiro ^a   Fujii, Michihiro ^a,b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Niigata College of Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Co culture; Ethanol production; Membrane bioreactor; Mixed substrate; Oxygen Uptake rate; Pichia stipitis

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE; ETHANOL; GLUCOSE; MIXTURES; XYLOSE; YEAST;

ETHANOL PRODUCTION; MICROFILTRATION MODULES; OXYGEN UPTAKE RATE; PICHIA STIPITIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

FERMENTATION;

ALCOHOL; GLUCOSE; XYLOSE;

ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL METABOLISM; ENDOMYCETALES; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; MICROFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

FUNGI; PICHIA STIPITIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0030880803     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)82787-0     Document Type: Article

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