Advances in industrial biotechnology offer potential opportunities for economic utilization of
agro-industrial residues such as sugarcane bagasse. Sugarcane bagasse, which is a …

Acid hydrolysis of lignocellulosic materials produces several inhibitory compounds, such as
sugar and lignin degradation products, compounds derived from the lignocellulosic …

Xylitol, a five carbon sugar alcohol, occurs widely in nature but it is also a normal
intermediate in human metabolism. As an alternative sweetener, it is recommended for …

The acid hydrolysis of lignocellulosic materials for obtaining xylose solutions and the
utilization of hydrolysates for making culture media for xylitol production are reviewed …

The effect of pH, time of fermentation, and xylose and glucose concentration on xylitol
production, cell growth, xylose reductase (XR), and xylitol dehydrogenase (XD) activities of …

Agricultural residues rich in carbohydrate content, such as hemicellulose, are produced in
large amounts annually world-wide. These biological byproducts, which are wastes, can be …

The hemicellulose fraction of brewery's spent grain was selectively hydrolyzed by two
sequential steps, autohydrolysis and post-hydrolysis (with diluted sulfuric acid), in order to …

Certain environmental factors are of particular significance in the fermentation of the
hemicellulose component of lignocellulosic biomass by yeasts; these are discussed in …

A thermotolerant yeast capable of fermenting xylose to xylitol at 40° C was isolated and
identified as a strain of Debaryomyces hansenii by ITS sequencing. This paper reports the …

The effect of acetic acid concentration on xylose fermentation to xylitol by Candida
guilliermondii FTI 20037 was evaluated in semisynthetic medium containing different …