Substrate combination (% w/v pretreated wheat straw + thin stillage) | Inoculation mode | Mycelial growth form | Dry Biomass (g/L) | Ethanol max (g/L) | Ethanol max- Fermentation time (h) |
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7% solid loading | |||||
 WSS + THS | Pellets | Filamentous | 16.84 ± 0.25 | 7.76 ± 0.01 | 48 |
Filamentous | Filamentous | 18.61 ± 0.2 | 9.73 ± 0.3 | 48 | |
 WSS | Pellets | – | – | – | – |
Filamentous | Filamentous | 19.27 ± 0.15 | 0.32 ± 0.15 | 48 | |
 WSL+ THS | Pellets | Filamentous | 10.78 ± 0.12 | 10.28 ± 0.1 | 48 |
Filamentous | Filamentous | 11.19 ± 0.3 | 10.06 ± 0.6 | 48 | |
 WSL | Pellets | Pellet | 3.84 ± 0.12 | 0.18 ± 0.05 | 72 |
Filamentous | Filamentous | 3.44 ± 0.1 | 0.44 ± 0.10 | 72 | |
3.5% solid loading | |||||
 WSs + THS | Pellets | Loose Filamentous | 14.01 ± 0.2 | 6.59 ± 0.1 | 24 |
Filamentous | Filamentous | 8.52 ± 0.1 | 6.9 ± 0.3 | 24 | |
 WSs | Pellets | Pellets | 16.14 ± 0.3 | 0.18 ± 0.02 | 72 |
Filamentous | Filamentous | 15.63 ± 0.2 | 0.07 ± 0.02 | 48 | |
 WSL+ THS | Pellets | Loose Filamentous | 10.46 ± 0.15 | 7.35 ± 0.10 | 48 |
Filamentous | Filamentous | 9.7 ± 0.2 | 8.34 ± 0.15 | 48 | |
 WSL | Pellets | Pellets | 3.52 ± 0.1 | 0.49 ± 0.01 | 48 |
Filamentous | Filamentous | 2.64 ± 0.1 | 1.87 ± 0.04 | 48 |