Xylitol production and furfural consumption by a wild type Geotrichum sp
Electron. j. biotechnol; 19 (6), 2016
Background: Xylitol is a five carbons polyol with promising medical applications. It can be obtained from chemical D-xylose reduction or by microbial fermentation of Sugarcane Bagasse Hemicellulosic Hydrolysate. For this last process, some microbial inhibitors, as furfural, constitute severe bottleneck. ...