Produces ethanol from potato starch cocultured with Aspergillus niger (ATCC 10864)
Biosafety Level
1
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Product Format
freeze-dried
Storage Conditions
Frozen: -80°C or colder Freeze-Dried: 2°C to 8°C Live Culture: See Propagation Section
Type Strain
no
Preceptrol®
no
Comments
High alcohol production from molasses, sugar-tolerant
Medium
ATCC® Medium 200: YM agar or YM broth
ATCC® Medium 1245: YEPD
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Azhar AI, et al. Development of a yeast strain for the efficient ethanol fermentation of wood acid hydrolyzate. Dev. Ind. Microbiol. 23: 351-360, 1982.
Poutanen K, et al. The hemicellulolytic activities of Trichoderma reesei. Proc. 4th Eur. Congr. Biotechnol. 2: 90, 1987.
Rose D. Fermentation of cane molasses by yeasts after preservation under conditions of high sugar concentration. J. Appl. Bacteriol. 35: 499-503, 1972.
