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Minimizing the usage of glucose carbon for growth and cell maintenance energy requirement, specific glucose uptake rates, specific ethanol production rates were increased 5-fold. At 0.2 hr−1 and Yg = 0.007–0.009, ethanol production rates of 7.99–8.46 g/ltr/hr, Qp values of 14.85 g/g/hr were obtained. This relationship is discussed in regard to glucose fermentation efficiency.
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Cromie, S., Doelle, H.W. Relationship between maintenance energy requirement, mineral salts and efficiency of glucose to ethanol conversion by Zymomonas mobilis. Biotechnol Lett 2, 357–362 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00138669
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