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Table 3 Sugar consumption as well as the production of ethanol and sorbitol of Z. mobilis in fruit juice and pulp

From: Revitalizing the ethanologenic bacterium Zymomonas mobilis for sugar reduction in high-sugar-content fruits and commercial products

 

Glucose consumption (g/L)

Fructose consumption (g/L)

Ethanol production (g/L)

Sorbitol production (g/L)

Ethanol yield (g/g)

Ethanol percent yield (%)

Pear pulp

19.30

45.49 ± 0.05

20.31 ± 0.73

3.43 ± 0.56

0.33 ± 0.01

64.75 ± 2.72

Pear juice

17.89

43.20 ± 1.18

20.68 ± 0.24

4.88 ± 0.87

0.37 ± 0.01

71.98 ± 2.32

Persimmon pulp

79.64

86.57

42.79 ± 0.74

27.76 ± 0.11

0.31 ± 0.01

60.36 ± 1.01

Persimmon juice

87.92

96.20

45.09 ± 0.90

30.04 ± 0.45

0.29 ± 0.01

57.15 ± 1.02