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Table 2 Productivities and fermentative yields for sugar cane juice (SCJ) fermentations with the two industrial yeast strains S. cerevisiae PE-2 and CAT-1 at various °Brix values

From: Conditions promoting effective very high gravity sugarcane juice fermentation

SCJ °Brix

Yield (%)

Productivity (g L−1 h−1)

PE-2

CAT-1

PE-2

CAT-1

25

88.09 ± 0.06

94.62 ± 0.14

4.26 ± 0.17

4.98 ± 0.12

30

93.46 ± 0.22

79.76 ± 0.43

4.93 ± 0.11

4.26 ± 0.06

35

85.57 ± 0.80

83.54 ± 0.71

4.26 ± 0.10

4.56 ± 0.18

  1. Results were calculated as described in the Methods section using values obtained at the end of the sixth 24-h cycle. Results given are the average plus or minus the standard deviation of three independent assays