Research Article

Direct Ethanol Production from Lignocellulosic Sugars and Sugarcane Bagasse by a Recombinant Trichoderma reesei Strain HJ48

Table 2

Ethanol production by fungi grown on glucose under aerobic condition.

FungusS (g/L)Control (g/g)Reference

T. reesei CICC40360500.042a,bThis study
T. reesei HJ48500.21a,bThis study
P. cinerea 200.33 [14]
T. suaveolens 200.065
F. verticillioides 200.07 [15]
A. zeae 200.05

S: substrate concentration; : yield of metabolized ethanol (consumed sugar); —: no production.
aThe displayed values are the average of three independent experiments.
bThe value was determined by growing through the two-stage culture process using preculture.