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Give a detailed account on ethanol production by microbes and the uses of ethanol.

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Ethanol production: Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Yeast) is the major product of ethanol.

Since ethanol is used for industrial, laboratory and fuel proposes, it is called as industrial alcohol.

Organism used: Saccharomyces cerevisiae, bacteria like Zymomonas mobilis and Sarcina ventriculi.

Substances used: Molasses, Com, Potatoes, wood waste.

Process of ethanol production:

Step-1: Milling of fees stock. 

Step-2: Adding fungal (Aspergillus) amylase to break down starch into sugar.

Step-3: Yeast is added to convert sugar into ethanol. 

Step-4: Distillation yield 96% concentrated ethanol.

Uses of Ethanol: Ethanol and bio-diesel are the two commonly used first generation bio-fuels.

Ethanol is used as fuel, mainly as bio-fuel additive for gasoline.

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