Ethanol production using newly isolated heat soluble fungi

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25550098
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Design and evaluation of sustainable and environmental conscious system
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: Kubo Motoki 立命館大学, 生命科学部, 教授 (60249795)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 熱溶菌糸状菌 / グルコース / エタノール / バイオマス資源

Outline of Final Research Achievements

To construct new process for glucose production using biomass resources and heat soluble fungi, biomass of heart soluble fungi evaluation system was constructed. And then, suitable biomass condition for the fungi growth was determined. As the result, total carbon : about 300 g/kg, total nitrogen : about 15g/kg, C/N ratio : about 20 were suitable condition for the growth. The glucose productivity in the condition was about 15% of biomass of fungi.
Ethanol production was carried out by yeast using the produced glucose, and about 5 % of ethanol was produced. The ethanol production system with biomass and heart soluble fungi was constructed in the research.

Free Research Field

環境微生物学、環境科学