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Table 7 Comparative kinetics of isolates on switchgrass hydrolyzate SGH-N2 inoculated to A 620 = 8.4 +/− 2.5 a

From: Evolved strains of Scheffersomyces stipitis achieving high ethanol productivity on acid- and base-pretreated biomass hydrolyzate at high solids loading

A. Volumetric rates during glucose or xylose consumption

Adaptation stress

Isolate

Sugar uptake rate (g/L/h)

Ethanol productivity (g/L/h)

Glucose

Xylose

Glucose

Xylose

Overall

AFEX CSH

33

Colony 5

0.65

A

0.19

D

0.32

A

0.174

A

0.26

A

AFEX CSH > E

28

2A.1.53R-E30-C3

0.63

A

0.27

B

0.29

A

0.076

C

0.16

D

AFEX CSH > E > PSGHL

13

2A.1.53R S100E40-1

0.43

C

0.27

B

0.20

C

0.089

C

0.15

E

AFEX CSH > E > PSGHL

16

2A.1.53R-1

0.57

AB

0.23

C

0.27

AB

0.083

C

0.17

D

PSGHL

3

Y-7124 S90E40-1

0.65

A

0.16

E

0.30

A

0.140

B

0.24

B

PSGHL

14

Y-7124-6

0.62

A

0.24

C

0.28

AB

0.090

C

0.18

C

PSGHL

15

Y-7124-10

0.63

A

0.20

D

0.30

A

0.066

C

0.16

D

Wild

1

Y-7124

0.51

B

0.30

A

0.24

B

0.059

C

0.15

E

B. Normalized rates per unit absorbance (620 nm) during glucose or xylose consumption

Adaptation stress

Isolate

Sugar uptake rate (g/L/hA)

Ethanol productivity (g/L/hA)

Glucose

Xylose

Glucose

Xylose

Overall

AFEX CSH

33

Colony 5

0.060

D

0.017

B

0.029

C

0.0161

B

0.024

B

AFEX CSH > E

28

2A.1.53R-E30-C3

0.056

D

0.017

B

0.025

CD

0.0048

DF

0.012

C

AFEX CSH > E > PSGHL

13

2A.1.53R S100E40-1

0.040

E

0.019

B

0.018

D

0.0063

CDF

0.012

C

AFEX CSH > E > PSGHL

16

2A.1.53R-1

0.082

C

0.026

A

0.039

B

0.0094

C

0.022

B

PSGHL

3

Y-7124 S90E40-1

0.152

A

0.025

A

0.072

A

0.0216

A

0.043

A

PSGHL

14

Y-7124-6

0.057

D

0.016

B

0.026

C

0.0059

CDF

0.014

C

PSGHL

15

Y-7124-10

0.089

B

0.023

A

0.042

B

0.0076

CD

0.020

B

Wild

1

Y-7124

0.037

E

0.014

B

0.017

D

0.0028

F

0.009

D

C. Yields and residuals per total initial sugar

Adaptation stress

Isolate

Yields or residuals per total initial sugar (g/g)

  

Ethanol

Biomass

Xylitol

Residual xylose

  

AFEX CSH

33

Colony 5

0.34

A

0.0030

D

0.025

A

0.055

B

  

AFEX CSH > E

28

2A.1.53R-E30-C3

0.34

A

0.0134

B

0.020

A

0.023

C

  

AFEX CSH > E > PSGHL

13

2A.1.53R S100E40-1

0.31

B

0.0067

D

0.024

A

0.060

B

  

AFEX CSH > E > PSGHL

16

2A.1.53R-1

0.34

A

0.0045

D

0.019

A

0.096

A

  

PSGHL

3

Y-7124 S90E40-1

0.32

B

0.0060

D

0.023

A

0.113

A

  

PSGHL

14

Y-7124-6

0.33

AB

0.0091

C

0.021

A

0.024

C

  

PSGHL

15

Y-7124-10

0.33

AB

0.0050

D

0.029

A

0.073

B

  

Wild

1

Y-7124

0.33

AB

0.0165

A

0.026

A

0.023

C

  
  1. aWith the exception of xylitol yield, all parameters varied significantly among isolates based on one-way ANOVA (P < 0.001). Within columns, values with no letters in common are significantly different at P < 0.05 (Student-Newman-Keuls pairwise comparison method).