Ethanol Production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae from Rice Bran Hydrolysates of Bacillus pimilus and Pseudomonas aueruginosa

The objective of this work was to study the potential effect of two bacterial xylanase enzymes for ethanol production. The selection of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains to ferment sugars obtained from the rice bran at temperatures above 35°C with high ethanol yield has become a necessity. In this work S.cerevisiae strains were screened for their ability to grow and ferment xylose in the culture filterate produced by Bacillus pumilus and Pseduomonas aueruginosa. The results obtained from this study showed that rice bran present, an excellent source for agro-residue based ethanol production.