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The influence of cell recycling of xylose-fermenting Saccharomyces cerevisiae TMB3001 was investigated during continuous cultivation on a xylose-glucose mixture. By using cell recycling at the dilution rate (D) of 0.05 h–1, the cell-mass concentration could be increased from 2.2 g l–1 to 22 g l–1. Consequently, the volumetric ethanol productivity increased ten-fold, from 0.5 g l–1 h–1 to 5.35 g l–1 h–1. By increasing the biomass concentration, the xylose consumption rate increased from 0.75 g xylose l–1 h–1 without recycling to 1.9 g l–1 h–1 with recycling. The specific ethanol productivity was in the range of 0.23–0.26 g g–1 h–1 with or without cell recycling, showing that an increased cell-mass concentration did not influence the efficiency of the yeast.
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Roca, .C., Olsson, .L. Increasing ethanol productivity during xylose fermentation by cell recycling of recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae . Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 60, 560–563 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-002-1147-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-002-1147-9