METHOD FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL

• Main Authors: KANEKO SHOHEI, KONDO AKIHIKO, NAKAMURA NOBUHIRO, NODA HIDEO, FUKUDA HIDEKI, UEDA ATSUMI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.08.2008
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing ethanol by efficiently, using xylose with a microorganism. SOLUTION: The method for producing ethanol comprises a step of carrying out fermentation with the microorganism capable of assimilating glucose and xylose, in the presence of an enzyme...