The Improvement of Bioethanol Production by Pentose-Fermenting Yeasts Isolated from Herbal Preparations, the Gut of Dung Beetles, and Marula Wine

Table 1

Identification of selected pentose-fermenting yeast isolates.

Source	Species name	Isolate	Accession number	Similarity (%); ITS	Similarity (%); D1/D2
1	Candida tropicalis	Kp34ey	MH626009	99	99
2	Cryptococcus terrestris	C11Y	MH606241	99	100
		C12Y	MH605570	99	100
		CW1	MH606235	99	100
		CW2	MH606220	100	100
3	Meyerozyma caribbica	D4WPO1	MH607123	100	98
4		D14W2	MH606144	100	100
		D14YE1	MH607117	100	98
		D14YE2	MH607121	100	99
		D14YE6	MH608311	100	99
		D28L3	MH605998	100	98
		D28L4	MH606146	100	98
		Mu 2.2f	MH625960	99	100

1: dung beetle, 2: herbal concoctions, 3: banana wastes, 4: marula wine.