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Three pentose fermenting yeast strains ofCandida shehatae and three ofPichia stipitis were examined for their ability to produce ethanol from cellobiose and from sugars liberated by hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass. All of thePichia strains tested produced some ethanol;P. stipitis CBS 5776 gave the highest yield: 10.3 g/L on complete fermentation of 25 g/L cellobiose within 48 hours. This yeast also produced considerably more ethanol from the wood sugar mixture.
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Parekh, S., Wayman, M. Fermentation of cellobiose and wood sugars to ethanol byCandida shehatae andPichia stipitis . Biotechnol Lett 8, 597–600 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01028092
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01028092