Thermophilic bioethanol

Geobacillus stearothermophillus, for example is one of the most commonly used thermophilic bioethanol producing strains. It is a rod-shaped. Grampositive bacterium with a living temperature of 30-75 °C. It was first isolated from food waste materials. Wild G. stearothermophillus strain produces lactic acid as the main product with trace amounts of ethanol, acetic acid and formic acid as by-products. The genetic modification on G. stearothermophillus has been investigated to block the pathway from pyruvate to... 

Biological enzymatic conversion of glucose by fermentation also has been extensively studied for the production of many products one of the most important is bioethanol. Many bacteria and fungi could produce enzymes for the hydrolysis of cellulosic material. These microorganisms can be aerobic or anaerobic, mesophillic or thermophillic. ... 

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