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Table 4 Bio-fuels production from sweet sorghum via microbial conversion

From: Conversion sweet sorghum biomass to produce value-added products

Product

Concentration

Microorganism

Feedstock

Refs.

Ethanol

66.8–97.8 g/L

Yeast strain CAT-1

Juice

[71]

Ethanol

41.66 g/L

Z. mobilis R301

Juice

[72]

Ethanol

20.25% (v/v)

S. cerevisiae

Juice and sorghum starch

[73]

Ethanol

Yield of 88.5% and productivity of 20.3 g/L/h

Yeast strain KF-7

Juice

[74]

Ethanol

17.83 g/L

Kluyveromyces marxianus CCT 7735

Bagasse

[75]

Ethanol

39 g/L

S. cerevisiae MH1000

Bagasse

[76]

Ethanol

120.41 g/L

S. cerevisiae M-HT 3013

Juice and bagasse

[77]

Isopropanol and butanol

5.3 g/L isopropanol and 7.9 g/L butanol

C. beijerinckii DSM 6423

Mixture of sugarcane and sweet sorghum juices

[78]

Acetone–butanol–ethanol

166.5 g/L

C. acetobutylicum ABE 1201

Juice

[79]

Acetone–butanol–ethanol

11.4 g/L

C. acetobutylicum NRRL B-591

Bagasse

[37]

Acetone–butanol–ethanol

144.8 g ethanol, 17.3 g butanol and 4.8 g acetone from 1 kg sweet sorghum bagasse

S. cerevisiae M 3013 and C. acetobutylicum ABE 1201

Bagasse

[80]