Fig. 6.

Shake flask cultivation of P. fermentans using optimized media on; a pure xylose and b xylose rich hemicellulosic pre-hydrolysate from sugarcane bagasse. Symbols: filled circle (xylose), filled triangle (OD₆₀₀) and empty circle (xylitol). The graphs represent the average values of triplicate experiments performed with less than 10% S.D