## Abstract **BACKGROUND:** Microbial bioethanol production is an important option in view of the finite global oil reserves. Bioethanol fermentation was carried out using immobilized microorganisms (__Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Zymomonas mobilis, Pichia stipitis__, etc.), which has many advantages
Characterization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae immobilized onto chrysotile for ethanol production
✍ Scribed by Inés Joekes; Paulo J. S. Moran; J. Augusto R. Rodrigues; Renato Wendhausen; Eduardo Tonella; Flávia Cassiola
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 343 KB
- Volume
- 73
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0268-2575
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✦ Synopsis
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (CCT 3174 and commercial bakerÏs yeast) was immobilized by adsorption onto chrysotile. The adsorbed yeast cells were easily washed out, but cells grown in situ were strongly attached by entrapment by chrysotile microÐbres. In fermentation experiments with 30% (w/v) glucose solution, the immobilized cells showed a 1É3-fold increase in initial reaction velocity. For immobilized CCT 3174, the Ðnal ethanol yield was 26% higher than that with free cells.
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