FERMENTATION METHOD FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL

摘要

A method comprising: saccharifying sago palm timber, which has been successfully artificially grown as tropical plant resources, as such; removing undecomposed fibers, etc.; adding, for example, waste liquor obtained in the course of pressing oil palm, which has been also broadly grown in Southeast Asia, or latex liquor obtained from natural rubber sap as an organic nutritional component thereto; and culturing an alcohol-producing bacterium such asZymomonas mobilis or an alcohol-producing yeast such asSaccharomyces cerevisiae therein to thereby allow the organism to produce alcohol. According to this method, it is possible to establish an energy production effect from biomass. Moreover, it contributes to the environmental program in the tropical region as a method of processing the waste liquor.