微生物および生化学技術ジャーナル

概要

The use of Microbes in Biofuel Production

Dereddy Mamatha*

Biofuel is produced from the waste of the living organisms. The commonly produce biofuel is ethanol that is produced from plants. In the ethanol production the main plants used are sugar beet, corn, and sugar cane. This is because they contain larger amounts of sugar which can be easily fermented by the microbes like yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.