Research Article

Effects of Fermentation Temperature and Aeration on Production of Natural Isoamyl Acetate by Williopsis saturnus var. saturnus

Table 2

Effect of temperature on isoamyl acetate concentration, production rate, specific productivity, and ester/higher alcohol ratio.

TemperatureIsoamyl acetate
(mg L−1)
Isoamyl acetate production ratex
(mg L−1 h−1)
Isoamyl acetate specific productivityx
(mg L−1 cell−1 h−1)
Isoamyl acetate/total amyl alcohol ratiox

15°C29.43 ± 0.100.136 ± 0.00050.0235 ± 0.00021.75 ± 0.23
25°C20.72 ± 0.020.432 ± 0.00040.0436 ± 0.00030.69 ± 0.12
Level of significance********

Isoamyl acetate production rate, specific productivity, and ester/higher alcohol ratio were calculated at times when isoamyl acetate concentration reach the maximum. **: .