Table 1.

Physiological parameters of S. stipitis and S. cerevisiae; aerobic, batch cultivations on minimal media with 20 gL^-1glucose as carbon source

	S. cerevisiae	S. stipitis
μmax [h-1]	0.40	0.47
Glucose consumption rate
[C-mmol /g DW/ h]	84.5	26.7
Ysx [g /g]	0.17	0.55
YsEtOH [g /g]	0.33	0.003
YsPyr [g /g]	0.003	0.004
YsAc [g /g]	0.01	0.001