Table 5.

HPLC analysis for fermentations conducted in 15-L bioreactors using SW-Molasses media and the marine strain S.cerevisiae AZ65.

Time (h)	Growth OD	Sucrose (g/L)	Glucose (g/L)	Fructose (g/L)	Total Sugars (g/L)	Consumed Sugars (%)	Glycerol (g/L)	EtOH (g/L)	EtOH Yielda (%)	EtOH Yieldb (%)	EtOH Prod. (g/L/h)
0	1.05 ± 0.05	18.03 ± 2.29	60.86 ± 0.40	59.92 ± 049	138.80 ± 2.37	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
4	3.74 ± 0.12	14.22 ± 2.41	53.30 ± 1.39	53.33 ± 2.42	120.84 ± 1.97	12.91	0.66 ± 0.27	1.88 ± 0.11	2.65	21.14	0.47
8	5.70 ± 0.21	13.27 ± 2.91	47.04 ± 2.75	49.65 ± 2.68	109.97 ± 6.54	20.79	2.74 ± 0.58	4.10 ± 0.51	5.79	28.94	0.51
16	9.76 ± 0.18	12.45 ± 3.06	29.80 ± 2.38	44.34 ± 2.09	86.60 ± 1.63	37.59	5.22 ± 0.65	18.36 ± 2.30	25.91	68.94	1.15
20	11.30 ± 0.17	10.13 ± 0.36	14.32 ± 1.97	35.53 ± 3.39	59.98 ± 5.38	56.79	7.88 ± 0.95	28.51 ± 2.90	40.25	71.36	1.43
30	11.91 ± 0.07	6.23 ± 0.25	3.33 ± 0.48	10.89 ± 2.57	20.45 ± 3.27	85.27	9.48 ± 0.40	41.87 ± 2.73	59.16	69.47	1.40
34	12.06 ± 0.10	5.53 ± 0.79	1.77 ± 1.54	6.90 ± 2.36	14.21 ± 4.68	89.79	10.67 ± 0.35	48.44 ± 2.86	68.48	76.21	1.42
44	12.34 ± 0.26	1.69 ± 0.28	0.75 ± 1.30	1.93 ± 1.65	4.37 ± 2.47	96.87	12.54 ± 1.19	51.76 ± 4.82	73.15	75.48	1.18
48	12.44 ± 0.29	0.87 ± 0.71	0.05 ± 0.09	0.00	0.92 ± 0.65	99.33	13.17 ± 1.15	52.23 ± 2.19	73.80	74.31	1.09

^aCalculated as a percentage of the theoretical yield (0.51) based on the total sugar (138.8 g).

^bCalculated as a percentage of the theoretical yield (0.51) based on the utilised glucose.