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Provedor de dados: 	Scientia Agricola	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Production of ethanol from mesquite [Prosopis juliflora (SW) D.C.] pods mash by Zymomonas mobilis in submerged fermentation	
Autores: 	Silva,Celiane Gomes Maia da; Andrade,Samara Alvachian Cardoso; Schuler,Alexandre Ricardo Pereira; Souza,Evandro Leite de; Stamford,Tânia Lúcia Montenegro.	
Data: 	2011-02-01	
Ano: 	2011	
Palavras-chave: 	Renewable sources; Bioconversion; Fermentative parameters.	
Resumo: 	Mesquite [Prosopis juliflora (SW) D.C.], a perennial tropical plant commonly found in Brazilian semi-arid region, is a viable raw material for fermentative processes because of its low cost and production of pods with high content of hydrolysable sugars which generate many compounds, including ethanol. This study aimed to evaluate the use of mesquite pods as substrate for ethanol production by Z. mobilis UFPEDA205 in a submerged fermentation. The fermentation was assessed for rate of substrate yield to ethanol, rate of ethanol production and efficiency of fermentation. The very close theoretical (170 g L-1) and experimental (165 g L-1) maximum ethanol yields were achieved at 36 h of fermentation. The highest counts of Z. mobilis UFEPEDA-205 (both close to 6 Log cfu mL-1) were also noted at 36 h. Highest rates of substrate yield to ethanol (0.44 g ethanol g glucose-1), of ethanol production (4.69 g L-1 h-1) and of efficiency of fermentation (86.81%) were found after 30 h. These findings suggest mesquite pods as an interesting substrate for ethanol production using submerged fermentation by Z. mobilis.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162011000100019	
Editor: 	São Paulo - Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"	
Relação: 	10.1590/S0103-90162011000100019	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Scientia Agricola  v.68 n.1 2011	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess