Efficient very-high-gravity fermentation of sugarcane molasses by industrial yeast strains
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2016-06-01
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Barbosa, Heloisy Suzes [UNESP]
de Abreu Silveira, Erick [UNESP]
Miranda, Messias [UNESP]
Ernandes, José Roberto [UNESP]
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In this study industrial strains were inoculated, in successive cycles, at high cell density into a sugarcane-based juice containing normal (22%, w/v) and very high sucrose (30%, w/v) levels and supplemented with peptone as a nitrogen source. At 30°C, in shaken cultures, in the normal gravity situation, efficient sucrose utilization occurred in both the supplemented and unsupplemented medium. At higher sugar concentrations, supplementation with peptone induced a more efficient fermentation compared with the unsupplemented medium, with higher biomass accumulation and maintenance of cell viability, and ethanol levels as high as 16% (v/v). Trehalose was also high during the cycles, probably as a necessary response of the yeast to the high stress fermentation conditions. This suggests that it is possible to increase ethanol production by using very-high-fermentation technology and that nutritional supplementation would have a positive effect on the fermentation, allowing for efficient sugar consumption and cell viability maintenance.
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Ethanol production strains, saccharomyces cerevisiae, Sucrose fermentation, Very high gravity fermentation
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Journal of the Institute of Brewing, v. 122, n. 2, p. 329-333, 2016.