Corn cobs Wheat straw
Glucose (g L-1) 38.76 ± 0.11 43.7 ± 1.25
Xylose (g L-1) 25.10 ± 0.55 20.4 ± 0.52
Arabinose(g L-1) 3.1 ± 0.20 13.0  ± 0.00
Acetate (g L-1) 4.2 ± 0.10 5.0 ± 0.12
Acid soluble Lignin (g L-1) 6.6 ± 0.84 7.6 ± 1.00
Max. xylitol (g L-1) 0.17 ± 0.02 1.14 ± 0.21
Max. glycerol (g L-1) 3.13 ± 0.15 4.56 ± 0.24
Max. ethanol (g L-1) 6.9 ± 0.45 7.2 ± 0.46
Ethanol yield (g g-1) 0.22 ±0.01 0.20 ± 0.01
Ethanol productivity (g L-1h-1) 0.14 ± 0.01 0.13 ± 0.01
Glucose consumption rate (g L-1 h-1) 0.40 ± 0.00 0.36  ± 0.01
Overall Glucose utilization (%) 100 ± 0.00 99.45 ± 0.28
Biomass yield (g g-1) 0.27 ± 0.01 0.29 ± 0.02
Table 2: Summary of fermentation of the non-detoxified hydrolysates rich in glucose by Debaryomyces nepalensis NCYC 3413. The byproduct ethanol was produced in high amounts and no utilization of xylose was observed due to presence of high glucose. Values presented are mean of triplicates ± SD.