Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28279601›Full record

ArticleBrazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology]

Enhanced ethanol production at commercial scale from molasses using high gravity technology by mutant S. cerevisiae.

Muhammad Arshad, Tariq Hussain, Munawar Iqbal, Mazhar Abbas

Abstract readEvaluation Study
In one paragraph

Article in Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology]. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. BioprospectingFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022
    Review
  6. Article
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Sodium Acetate Responses inFrontiers in microbiology · 2018
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Muhammad ArshadDepartment of Basic Sciences, Biochemistry Section, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Jhang Campus 35200, Pakistan.
Tariq HussainDepartment of Basic Sciences, Biochemistry Section, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Jhang Campus 35200, Pakistan.
Munawar IqbalThe University of Lahore, Department of Chemistry, Lahore, Pakistan. Electronic address: bosalvee@yahoo.com.
Mazhar AbbasThe University of Lahore, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Lahore, Pakistan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Very high gravity (VHG) technology was employed on industrial scale to produce ethanol from molasses (fermented) as well as by-products formation estimation. The effect of different Brix° (32, 36 and 40) air-flow rates (0.00, 0.20, 0.40, and 0.60vvm) was studied on ethanol production. The maximum ethanol production was recorded to be 12.2% (v/v) at 40 Brix° with 0.2vvm air-flow rate. At optimum level aeration and 40 Brix° VHG, the residual sugar level was recorded in the range of 12.5-18.5g/L, whereas the viable cell count remained constant up to 50h of fermentation and dry matter production increased with fermentation time. Both water and steam consumption reduced significantly under optimum conditions of Brix° and aeration rate with compromising the ethanol production. Results revealed VHG with continuous air flow is viable technique to reduce the ethanol production cost form molasses at commercial scale.

Indexed as

EthanolFermentationHypergravityIndustrial MicrobiologyMolassesSaccharomyces cerevisiaeEthanolAerationBrixEthanolMolassesVery high gravity technology

Identifiers

PMID28279601
PMCPMC5498446

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.