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. 2013 Sep 23;12:82. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-12-82

Table 2.

Glycolic acid yields in Kluyveromyces lactis fed-batch cultivation

  Yield (g g-1)
Yield (C-mol C-mol-1)
95.5 h 167.5 h 95.5 h 167.5 h
Glycolate from ethanol
0.52
0.32
0.31
0.19
Glyoxylate from ethanol
0.28
0.08
0.17
0.05
Glycolate from ethanol and d-xylose
0.44
0.28
0.28
0.18
Glyoxylate from ethanol and d-xylose
0.23
0.07
0.15
0.05
Malate from ethanol and d-xylose
0.005
0.003
0.004
0.002
Acetate from ethanol and d-xylose
0.001
0.000
0.0004
0.0002
CDW from ethanol and d-xylose
0.10
0.06
0.10
0.06
CO2 from ethanol and d-xylose
0.32
0.21
0.17
0.11
Sum from ethanol and d-xylose 1.10 0.63 0.70 0.39

Yields of glycolate and the main side products from ethanol and d-xylose from the start until two time-points of K. lactis bioreactor fed-batch cultivation.