Abstract
The U.S. Department of Energy/National Renewable Energy Laboratory Ethanol from Biomass Program is evaluating a variety of fermentation-based bioconversion processes for converting xylose and other pentose sugars to ethanol at an industrial scale. The past several years have seen tremendous progress in the understanding of xylose metabolism and in the identification, characterization, anddevelopment of strains with improved xylose fermentation characteristics. This report reviews the current state of xylose fermentation technology, focusing on recent improvements in the direct fermentation of xylose.
Original language | American English |
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Number of pages | 51 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1993 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/TP-421-4944
Keywords
- alternative fuels
- ethanol from biomass
- fennentation
- xylose