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. 2020 Jun 3;19:121. doi: 10.1186/s12934-020-01378-1

Table 3.

Xylitol titer and percent recovery obtained during different steps of downstream processing of fermentation broth from batch cultivation of Y. lipolytica in shake flask on CG/xylose and pure PG/xylose

Purification steps CG + Xylose PG + Xylose
Xylitol (g/L) Recovery (%) Xylitol (g/L) Recovery (%)
Crude fermentation broth 48.2 100 54.0 100
Activated charcoal treatment 37.1 76.9 39.7 73.5
Alcohol precipitation 24.2 49.7 27.1 52.6
Crystallization 17.2 35.3 20.3 39.5