Ethanol production by Zymomonas mobilis and Saccharomyces uvarum on aflatoxin-contaminated and ammonia-detoxified corn
- 1 February 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Microbiology
- Vol. 27 (2) , 162-167
- https://doi.org/10.1139/m81-026
Abstract
Zymomonas mobilis demonstrated greater fermentative activity than Saccharomyces uvarum during the 1st day in the fermentation of two lots of aflatoxin-contaminated corn and two corresponding lots of ammonia-detoxified corn. Final ethanol yields and conversion efficiencies were generally highest in Zymomonas fermentations of ammonia-detoxified corn. Aflatoxin levels in postfermentation solids from ammonia-detoxified corn all ranged below the Food and Drug Administration feedstuff guideline of <20 parts per billion, whereas the amount of aflatoxin in postfermentation solids from aflatoxin-contaminated corn was greater than in the initial corn.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Production of aflatoxin in corn by a large-scale solid-substrate fermentation processBiotechnology & Bioengineering, 1979
- The fate of aflatoxin in naturally contaminated corn during the ethanol fermentationCanadian Journal of Microbiology, 1979