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1Department of Biochemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 67, 2628 BC, Delft, The Netherlands.
Biotechnology Letters
|March 2, 2017
Abstract:
Glucose and xylose can be converted continuously and simultaneously to butanol using immobilized cells. Xylose is only converted when glucose is completely consumed and the biocatalyst is not fully inhibited by butanol. With pervaporation for in-situ butanol recovery the complete conversion of a feed containing 60 kg/m3 of mixed sugars is achieved.

