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Table 4 Comparison of fermentation performances of mono-culturing and co-culturing of S. cerevisiae TA2 and W. anomalus HCJ2F-19

From: Bioethanol production from sugarcane molasses by co-fermentation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolate TA2 and Wickerhamomyces anomalus isolate HCJ2F-19

Yeast strains

Fermentation time (h)

Ethanol concentration (g.L−1)

Ethanol yield (g.g−1)

Sugar consumption (%)

Sugar consumption rate (g.L−1.h−1)

Fermentation efficiency (%)

Ethanol Productivity (g.L−1.h−1)

S. cerevisiae TA2

48

17.22 ± 0.02b

0.33 ± 0.00b

95.22 ± 0.00b

1.06 ± 0.02b

66.22 ± 0.02b

0.36 ± 0.03b

W. anomalus HCJ2F-19

48

14.52 ± 0.01c

0.28 ± 0.02c

97.08 ± 0.02a

1.08 ± 0.00b

55.86 ± 0.03c

0.30 ± 0.02c

S. cerevisiae TA2/W. anomalus HCJ2F-19

36

22.24 ± 0.03a

0.43 ± 0.01a

97.20 ± 0.01a

1.44 ± 0.01a

83.60 ± 0.02a

0.62 ± 0.05a

  1. NB Different letters in superscripts along columns indicate a significant difference (p < 0.05), but the same letters indicate no significance