Xylitol production and furfural consumption by a wild type Geotrichum sp.

Background: Xylitol is a five carbons polyol with promising medical applications. It can be obtained from chemical d-xylose reduction or by microbial fermentation of Sugarcane Bagasse Hemicellulosic Hydrolysate. For this last process, some microbial inhibitors, as furfural, constitute severe bottlen...

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Main Authors: Ítalo Thiago Silveira Rocha Matos, Edson Júnior do Carmo, Enedina Nogueira de Assunção, Richardson Alves de Almeida, Verena Makarem Soares, Spartaco Astolfi Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-11-01
Series:Electronic Journal of Biotechnology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0717345816300823