Modelling of continuous corn starch hydrolysate fermentations in immobilised-cell reactors

Corn starch hydrolysate has been fermented by two different strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces oviformis strains, either in batch or in continuous modes, using both suspended-cell and entrapped-cell systems, provided with different porous supports, namely a commercial synthetic sponge, crushed almond skins and alginate beads.