Direct ethanol conversion of pretreated straw by Fusarium oxysporum
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Christakopoulos, P
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Koukios, EG
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Macris, BJ
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Koullas, DP
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Kekos, D
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Factors affecting the direct conversion of alkali pretreated straw to ethanol by Fusarium oxysporum F3 were investigated and the alkali level used for pretreatment and the degree of delignification of straw were found to be the most important. A linear correlation between ethanol yield and both the degree of straw delignification and the alkali level was observed. At optimum delignified straw concentration (4% w/v), a maximum ethanol yield of 0.275 g ethanol g-1 of straw was obtained corresponding to 67.8% of the theoretical yield.
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