DIRECT CONVERSION OF SORGHUM CARBOHYDRATES TO ETHANOL BY A MIXED MICROBIAL CULTURE

被引:30
作者
CHRISTAKOPOULOS, P [1 ]
LI, LW [1 ]
KEKOS, D [1 ]
MACRIS, BJ [1 ]
机构
[1] NATL TECH UNIV ATHENS, DEPT CHEM ENGN, 5 IROON POLYTECHNIOU STR, ZOGRAFOU CAMPUS, GR-15700 ATHENS, GREECE
关键词
SWEET SORGHUM; DIRECT FERMENTATION; MIXED CULTURE; FUSARIUM-OXYSPORUM; SACCHAROMYCES-CEREVISIAE;
D O I
10.1016/0960-8524(93)90095-S
中图分类号
S2 [农业工程];
学科分类号
0828 ;
摘要
The carbohydrates of sweet sorghum were directly converted to ethanol by a mixed culture of Fusarium oxysporum F3 and Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2541. A number of factors affecting this bioconversion was studied. Optimum ethanol yields of 33.2 g/100 g of total sorghum carbohydrates, corresponding to 10.3 g/100 g of fresh stalks, were obtained. These values represented 68.6% of the theoretical yield based on total polysaccharides and exceeded that based on oligosaccharides of sorghum by 53.7%. The results demonstrated that more than half of the sorghum polysaccharides were directly fermented to ethanol, thus making the process worthy of further investigation.
引用
收藏
页码:89 / 92
页数:4
相关论文
共 19 条
[1]  
ANTONOPOULOS AA, 1984, PHYTOPATHOLOGY, V74, P1268
[2]  
Bernfeld P, 1959, METHOD ENZYMOL, V2, P27
[3]   NEW YEAST STRAINS FOR ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATION AT HIGHER SUGAR CONCENTRATION [J].
BERTOLINI, MC ;
ERNANDES, JR ;
LALUCE, C .
BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS, 1991, 13 (03) :197-202
[4]   DEVELOPMENT OF A MEDIUM FOR HIGH CELLULASE, XYLANASE AND BETA-GLUCOSIDASE PRODUCTION BY A MUTANT STRAIN (NTG-III/6) OF THE CELLULOLYTIC FUNGUS PENICILLIUM-PINOPHILUM [J].
BROWN, JA ;
COLLIN, SA ;
WOOD, TM .
ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY, 1987, 9 (06) :355-360
[5]   SOLID-STATE FERMENTATION OF SUGARS IN SWEET SORGHUM [J].
BRYAN, WL .
ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY, 1990, 12 (06) :437-442
[6]   DIRECT FERMENTATION OF CELLULOSE TO ETHANOL BY FUSARIUM-OXYSPORUM [J].
CHRISTAKOPOULOS, P ;
MACRIS, BJ ;
KEKOS, D .
ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY, 1989, 11 (04) :236-239
[7]   DIRECT ETHANOL CONVERSION OF PRETREATED STRAW BY FUSARIUM-OXYSPORUM [J].
CHRISTAKOPOULOS, P ;
KOULLAS, DP ;
KEKOS, D ;
KOUKIOS, EG ;
MACRIS, BJ .
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY, 1991, 35 (03) :297-300
[8]  
CHRISTAKOPOULOS P, 1990, APPL MICROBIOL BIOT, V33, P18, DOI 10.1007/BF00170562
[9]   DIRECT CONVERSION OF STRAW TO ETHANOL BY FUSARIUM-OXYSPORUM - EFFECT OF CELLULOSE CRYSTALLINITY [J].
CHRISTAKOPOULOS, P ;
KOULLAS, DP ;
KEKOS, D ;
KOUKIOS, EG ;
MACRIS, BJ .
ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY, 1991, 13 (03) :272-274
[10]   CELLULASES OF TRICHODERMA-REESEI - INFLUENCE OF CULTURE CONDITIONS UPON THE ENZYMATIC PROFILE [J].
COCHET, N .
ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY, 1991, 13 (02) :104-109