Molecular identification and physiological characterization of Zymomonas mobilis strains from fuel-ethanol production plants in north-east Brazil.
L C A de AraújoT de Cássia Dias MendesB S Dos SantosV da Mota Silveira FilhoG M de Souza LimaJ M de AraújoM T Dos Santos CorreiaMaria Betânia Melo de OliveiraM A Morais JúniorM V da SilvaPublished in: Letters in applied microbiology (2018)
Zymomonas mobilis is a bacterium of great relevance to biotechnology, owing to its capacity to ferment hexose to ethanol. On a molecular basis, 32 isolates were identified as Z. mobilis subsp. mobilis. However, intraspecific diversity was identified when these were grown under strictly anaerobic conditions. The results obtained from this study suggest a strain of Z. mobilis as an alternative for use in the fermentation process.