Citation

Roberto, I. C., Mancilha, I. M., de Souza, C. A., Felipe, M. G. A., Sato, S., and H. F. de Castro, Evaluation of rice straw hemicellulose hydrolysate in the production of xylitol by Candida guilliermondii. Biotechnology Letters 16: 1211-1216, 1994.

Abstract

Rice straw was used as a lignocellulosic source to provide rice pentose media. By using a well characterized yeast strain. Candida guilliermondii FTI 20037, the hydrolysate obtained was converted to xylitol with an efficiency of 75% and production of 27 g of xylitol per liter in 48 hours. The satisfactory results reported here can be attribute to the low concentrations of toxic components generated throughout the chemical depolymerization of this raw material.

Country, State, District, etc.

Brazil

Language

English

Material

rice straw

Use category

chemical production