Table 3.

Yields (after 72 h growth on 20 g l⁻¹ glucose and 20 g l⁻¹ xylose) and productivities of the strains used in this study

Strain name	Yield (g l−1)	Vol. productivity (g l−1 h−1)	Spec. productivity (g xylitol per g xylose)
Ctrl (KU [EV])	1.29 ± 0.35	0.018	0.06
xdhΔ	3.41 ± 0.73	0.047	0.17
KU [XR]	3.89 ± 0.47	0.054	0.19
xdhΔ [XR]	5.31 ± 0.69	0.074	0.27
xdh∆::XR	4.28 ± 1.30	0.060	0.21