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Table 3 Ethanol fermentation efficiency and byproduct formation by the stress-tolerant yeast strains at 30°C, 30 °Brix, and pH 4.30 after 48 h

From: Isolation and characterization of bioethanol producing wild yeasts from bio-wastes and co-products of sugar factories

Fermentation parameters

Yeast strains

M. caribbica MJTm3

M. caribbica SHJF

M. caribbica MJTPm4

W. anomalus HCJ2F

W. anomalus MJTPm2

W. anomalus 4M10

S. cerevisiae TA2

Ethanol concentration (g L−1)

26.02±0.02a

17.54±0.01b

15.21±0.06d

14.56±0.02d

15.21±0.04d

16.76±0.08c

16.82±0.02c

Bioethanol yield (%)

47.27±0.02a

31.89±0.01b

27.65±0.06d

26.47±0.02e

27.65±0.06d

30.47±0.08c

30.58±0.02c

% of theoretical ethanol

78.13±0.02a

52.70±0.02b

45.70±0.02d

43.75±0.02e

45.70±0.02d

50.56±0.02c

50.54±0.02c

Ethanol productivity (g L−1 h−1)

0.54±0.01a

0.37±0.00b

0.32±0.02d

0.30±0.00e

0.32±0.00d

0.35±0.00c

0.35±0.00c

Ethanol yield (g g−1)

0.50±0.00a

0.34±0.00b

0.29±0.00d

0.28±0.03e

0.29±0.01d

0.32±0.00c

0.32±0.02c

Acetic acid (g..L−1)

0.67±0.02g

0.86±0.00e

1.12±0.06d

0.68±0.00f

1.24±0.00b

1.17±0.00c

1.30±0.00a

Acetone (g L−1)

1.00±0.00g

2.28±0.01c

2.48±0.01a

1.87±0.01f

2.18±0.00d

2.03±0.00e

2.38±0.00b

Acetaldehyde (g L−1)

0.77±0.00g

1.54±0.01f

1.72±0.00c

1.66±0.01d

1.61±0.01e

1.90±0.02a

1.87±0.02b

Glycerol (g L−1)

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

Propionic acid (g L−1)

0.63±0.00g

1.14±0.01a

1.06±0.00c

0.68±0.01f

0.91±0.01e

1.08±0.02b

1.01±0.02d

Succinic acid (g L−1)

0.11±0.00g

0.17±0.00e

0.22±0.00c

0.13±0.00f

0.23±0.01b

0.21±0.00d

0.25±0.00a

n-Butanol (g L−1)

0.38±0.00g

0.68±0.01d

0.54±0.01f

0.73±0.01b

0.70±0.00c

0.65±0.00e

0.98±0.00a

1-Butanol (g L−1)

0.34±0.00g

0.95±0.01b

0.79±0.00e

0.92±0.01c

0.73±0.01f

0.86±0.02d

1.00±0.02a

Iso-butanol (g L−1)

0.28±0.00g

0.34±0.00f

0.57±0.00a

0.39±0.00c

0.37±0.01e

0.38±0.00d

0.45±0.00b

n-Propanol (g L−1)

0.38±0.00g

0.47±0.01c

0.43±0.00d

0.54±0.01b

0.39±0.01f

0.42±0.02e

0.74±0.02a

Isopropanol (g L−1)

0.60±0.00f

0.41±0.00g

0.91±0.00b

1.02±0.00a

0.76±0.01e

0.83±0.00d

0.90±0.00c

Methanol (g L−1)

0.89±0.00g

1.36±0.00e

1.58±0.00d

1.12±0.00f

2.35±0.01a

2.01±0.00c

2.22±0.00b

  1. Different letters in superscripts along a row indicate a significant difference (p < 0.05) but the same letters indicate no significance
  2. ND not detected