Bioethanol production from sweet sorghum stalk juice by ethanol-tolerant Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains: An overview

  • Cristian-Teodor Buruiană Faculty of Sciences and Environment, Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romania
  • Camelia Vizireanu Faculty of Food Science and Engineering, Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romania
  • Bianca Furdui Faculty of Sciences and Environment, Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romania
Keywords: bioethanol, sweet sorghum, stalk juice, Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Abstract

Sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) represent an emerging alternative feedstock with great potential for bioethanol production. Sweet sorghum stalks can be crushed to extract the sugar-rich juice (containing mainly sucrose, glucose and fructose) which can be directly fermented into ethanol with high efficiency by Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast. This fast-acting microorganism with high ethanoltolerance displays high ethanol yields and maintains high cell viability during the fermentation under very high gravity conditions (with high total sugar concentrations). The objective of this study is to review the current state of knowledge on the bioethanol production from stalk juice of different sweet sorghum
varieties by Saccharomyces cerevisiae (industrial and isolated yeast strains), assessing also the effects of process variables, nutrient supplementation and feeding systems (batch and fed-batch fermentations) on the final ethanol concentration.

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Published
2019-07-01
How to Cite
Buruiană, Cristian-Teodor, Camelia Vizireanu, and Bianca Furdui. 2019. “Bioethanol Production from Sweet Sorghum Stalk Juice by Ethanol-Tolerant Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Strains: An Overview”. The Annals of the University Dunarea De Jos of Galati. Fascicle VI - Food Technology 42 (2), 153-67. https://www.gup.ugal.ro/ugaljournals/index.php/food/article/view/1153.
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