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Table 1 d-Xylose consumption and product formation (biomass, ethanol, and xylitol) (g L−1) in YPX fermentation assays (d-xylose, 40–50 g L−1) with Spathaspora species under moderate and severe oxygen-limited conditions, respectively

From: Exploring xylose metabolism in Spathaspora species: XYL1.2 from Spathaspora passalidarum as the key for efficient anaerobic xylose fermentation in metabolic engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Oxygen-limited conditions

Yeast species

Strain number

Time of maximum ethanol production (h)

d-xylose consumption (%)

r s (g g −1CDW  h−1)

Biomass (gCDW L−1)

Y x/s (g g−1)

Ethanol (g L−1)

\(Y_{{{\text{p}}/{\text{s}}}}^{\text{et}}\) (g g−1)

r et (g g −1CDW  h−1)

Xylitol (g L−1)

Y xyp/s (g g−1)

Moderate

Spathaspora arborariae

UFMG-CM-Y352T

72

99.2

0.28

12.1 ± 0.6

0.24

10.6 ± 0.1

0.21

0.12

6.4 ± 0.1

0.13

Sp. brasiliensis

UFMG-CM-Y353T

60

91.5

0.29

8.3 ± 0.6

0.18

3.7 ± 0.5

0.08

0.03

22.9 ± 0.2

0.46

Sp. passalidarum

UFMG-CM-Y469

18

99.3

0.45

8.3 ± 0.7

0.19

20.2 ± 0.1

0.47

0.22

1.1 ± 0.0

0.03

Sp. roraimanensis

UFMG-CM-Y477T

48

100

0.43

4.8 ± 0.1

0.09

5.8 ± 0.3

0.11

0.07

22.7 ± 0.3

0.43

Sp. suhii

UFMG-CM-Y475T

48

100

0.44

4.7 ± 0.2

0.10

5.9 ± 0.1

0.12

0.09

22.4 ± 0.2

0.46

Sp. xylofermentans

UFMG-CM-Y478T

48

55.4

0.18

8.3 ± 0.8

0.31

2.6 ± 0.2

0.10

0.02

9.0 ± 0.8

0.33

Sp. passalidarum

CBS 10155T

18

99.1

0.43

8.9 ± 0.2

0.21

20.3 ± 0.2

0.48

0.21

0.6 ± 0.0

0.02

Severe

Sp. arborariae

UFMG-CM-Y352T

120

99.3

0.32

5.5 ± 0.0

0.11

16.0 ± 0.72

0.32

0.11

9.0 ± 0.03

0.18

Sp. brasiliensis

UFMG-CM-Y353T

72

31.5

0.19

3.2 ± 0.6

0.21

2.6 ± 0.82

0.16

0.09

11.9 ± 0.88

0.47

Sp. passalidarum

UFMG-CM-Y469

24

99.4

0.69

4.1 ± 0.1

0.10

20.5 ± 0.6

0.48

0.30

1.4 ± 0.01

0.03

Sp. roraimanensis

UFMG-CM-Y477T

144

100

0.39

5.1 ± 0.6

0.11

3.0 ± 0.1

0.06

0.02

27.4 ± 0.4

0.56

Sp. suhii

UFMG-CM-Y475T

14.8

0.16

0.3 ± 0.1

0.04

6.4 ± 0.6

0.92

Sp. xylofermentans

UFMG-CM-Y478T

144

97.5

0.18

6.9 ± 0.7

0.15

3.7 ± 0.4

0.08

0.02

24.4 ± 1.3

0.51

Sp. passalidarum

CBS 10155T

24

99.4

0.57

4.5 ± 0.2

0.11

20.5 ± 0.1

0.48

0.28

1.0 ± 0.2

0.02

  1. r s specific xylose consumption rate, r et specific ethanol production rate, Y x/s biomass yield; \(Y_{p/s}^{et}\) ethanol yield, \(Y_{p/s}^{xy}\) xylitol yield