initial glucose concentration1 (g/l)

maximum ethanol concentration2 (g/l)

ethanol yield3 (g/g)

maximum glucose consumption rate4 (g/l/h)

maximum ethanol production rate5 (g/l/h)

Bag-MA

58.8

22.7

0.39

3.3

1.3

Bag-DA

63.3

24.2

0.38

3.1

1.2

Bag-PAA

69.8

24.0

0.34

1.6

0.6

Bag-CA

104.4

34.9

0.33

2.3

0.9

Oak-MA

44.4

19.5

0.44

3.1

1.4

Oak-DA

38.2

15.3

0.40

2.0

0.8

Oak-PAA

58.0

24.2

0.42

2.4

1.0

Oak-CA

88.9

22.0

0.35

1.1

0.4

MM 45 g/l Glucose

42.5

16.0

0.38

5.5

2.0
1: the glucose concentration of the time-0 fermentation sample; 2: the highest ethanol concentration among all fermentation samples; 3: maximum ethanol concentration divided by the total amount of glucose consumed 4: the slope of the linear part of the glucose concentration vs. time plot 5: the slope of the linear part of the ethanol concentration vs. time plot
Table 3: Glucose consumption and ethanol production in the 8 fermentations.