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  • Title: Bioconversion of lignocellulosic fraction of water-hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) hemicellulose acid hydrolysate to ethanol by Pichia stipitis.
    Author: Kumar A, Singh LK, Ghosh S.
    Journal: Bioresour Technol; 2009 Jul; 100(13):3293-7. PubMed ID: 19297151.
    Abstract:
    Fermentation of acid hydrolysate of water-hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), a free floating aquatic plant has been investigated for ethanol production. The dilute acid treatment has been applied to utilize the maximum hemicellulosic content of the water-hyacinth. The goal of this work was to investigate, both experimentally and theoretically using mathematical tools, a fermentative system utilizing water-hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) hemicellulose acid hydrolysate as a substrate for ethanol production using Pichia stipitis. It was found that 72.83% of xylose was converted to ethanol with a yield of 0.425 g(p)/g(s) and productivity of 0.176 g(p)/L/h. An appropriate mathematical model was developed to explain theoretically the bioconversion of this hemicellulose acid hydrolysate to ethanol and the model was tested statistically to check the validity of the model.
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