PRODUCCIÓN DE XILITOL A PARTIR DE CASCARILLA DE ARROZ UTILIZANDO Candida guilliermondii XYLITOL PRODUCTION FROM RICE HUSK USING Candida guilliermondii

In this study was used rice husk, previosly hydrolyzed with diluted sulfuric acid at 121 oC and 15 psig, with a residence time 60 min. The initial concentration of substrate, inoculum, and relationship between media volume/flask volume and their combined effects were studied on the production of xylitol. The initial concentrations of 80 g/l xylose and 5 g/l inoculums led the best xylitol production (45.2 g/l), productivity (0.23 g/lh) and yield (0.57 g/g).