Skip to main content

Table 4 Comparison of 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 following supplementation with ammonium phosphate or urea

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

Ammonium phosphate

 25

85.67 ± 0.02

91.35 ± 0.03

4.65 ± 0.15

4.63 ± 0.30

 30

90.63 ± 0.33

66.73 ± 0.15

5.20 ± 0.26

4.26 ± 0.21

 35

78.67 ± 0.77

88.03 ± 1.74

4.67 ± 0.11

4.77 ± 0.15

Urea

 25

84.42 ± 0.05

90.81 ± 0.06

4.58 ± 0.02

4.72 ± 0.47

 30

90.25 ± 0.42

91.32 ± 0.43

4.92 ± 0.11

5.63 ± 0.28

 35

93.17 ± 5.18

83.26 ± 5.96

4.19 ± 0.19

4.57 ± 0.02

  1. Values were calculated as described in the Methods section using results 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