Abstract
Pichia stipitis NRRL Y-7124 is a xylose-fermenting yeast able to accumulate ca. 57 g/L ethanol. Because optimum process conditions are important, data were collected to determine the effects of temperature and pH on growth and fermentation rates and product accumulations. Temperatures (26-35 degrees C) providing optimum biomass and ethanol productivities did not necessarily provide maximum ethanol accumulation. Xylitol and residual xylose concentrations increased with temperature. Maximum ethanol selectivity was achieved at 25-26 degrees C with minimal sacrifice to production rates. The temperature optimum for xylose could not be generalized to glucose fermentations, in which ethanol productivity and accumulation were optimum at 34 degrees C. The optimum pH range for growth and fermentation on xylose was 4-7 at 25 degrees C.
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