Recently, there had been reports on ethanol fermentation from mono-saccharide and disaccharide by mushroom mycelia. This experiment was conducted to study ethanol production from xylose by mycelila of mushrooms isolated from Korea. The cultures used in this study were obtained from Culture Collection and DNA Bank of Mushrooms in the Division of Life Sciences, Incheon National University. The results showed that Neolentinus lepideus, Trametes hirsuta and Cerrena unicolor produced ethanol from xylose contained media. The ethanol concentration produced in the xylose contained media ranged from 2.5∼3.8%. The highest ethanol concentration(3.8%) was obtained from fermentation of xylose by Neolentinus lepideus mycelia. All of the mushroom mycelia used in this study showed a good ability of ethanol fermentation from glucose, fructose, mannose, cellobiose and maltose.

• Do Bin Shin(Division of Life Sciences, Incheon National University)
• Trung Kien Nguyen( Division of Life Sciences, Incheon National University) | Trung Kien Nguyen
• Kyung Rim Lee( Division of Life Sciences, Incheon National University) | Kyung Rim Lee
• Mi Ja Shim( Department of Life Sciences, University of Seoul) | Mi Ja Shim
• Min Woong Lee( Department of Life Sciences, Dongguk University) | Min Woong Lee
• Kyung Hoan Im( Division of Life Sciences, Incheon National University) | Kyung Hoan Im
• Tae Soo Lee( Division of Life Sciences, Incheon National University) | Tae Soo Lee