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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 1984
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1981
Peter L Rogers, Northwood, AU;
David E Tribe, Maroubra, AU;
Unisearch Limited, Kensington, AU;
Abstract
An improved method for the production of ethanol from a fermentable carbohydrates such as glucose, fructose or sucrose using the bacterium Zymomonas mobilis which method involves continuously culturing the bacterium in a culture medium containing the fermentable carbohydrate, continuously drawing off a portion of the culture medium and replacing that portion with fresh culture medium, separating from the removed portion of the culture medium cells of Zymomonas mobilis contained therein and returning those cells to the culture medium and recovering the ethanol contained in the portion of the culture medium from which the cells have been removed. It has been found that this method results in greatly improved ethanol production without the disadvantages which have been found when yeasts are continuously cultured.