Table 1 Comparison of lactic acid production from agricultural by-products by lactic acid producing microorganisms

lime-treated wheat straw hydrolyzate

Bacillus coagulans DSM 2314

Continuation of the SSF

40.7^a

0.74

0.43

Maas et al. [2008]

sugar cane bagasse hemicellulose hydrolyzate

thermotolerant acidophilic Bacillus sp. strain 17C5

Batch

55.8^a

0.8

0.93

Patel et al. [2004]

cellobiose

Enterococcus mundtii QU25

Batch

20.4^a

3.44

1.04

Abdel-Rahman et al. [2011]

reed hemicellulose liquor

Lactococcus lactis IO-1 JCM 7638/ Lactobacillus pentosus ATCC 8041

Batch

33.0^c

0.6

0.66

Perttunen et al. [2001]

wheat straw hydrolyzate

fungus Rhizopus oryzae CBS 112.07

Batch

6.8^a

0.14

0.23

Maas et al. [2006]

hot water-extracted Siberian larch

moderate thermophile Bacillus coagulans MXL-9

SSF

33.0^a

0.55

0.73

Walton et al. [2010]

paper sludge

Bacillus coagulan strains 36D1

SSCF

92.0^c

0.96

0.77

[Budhavaram and Fan 2009]

defatted rice bran

Lactobacillus delbrueckii IFO 3202

SSF

28.0^b

0.78

0.28

Tanaka et al. [2006]

wood hydrolyzate

Enterococcus faecalis RKY1

Batch

93.0^a

1.7

0.93

Wee et al. [2004]

corn fiber hydrolyzate

moderate thermophile Bacillus coagulans MXL-9

Fed batch

45.6^a

0.21

0.46

Bischoff et al. [2010]

corn stover hydrolyzate

Lactobacillus pentosus ATCC 8041

Fed batch

74.8^c

0.26

0.65

Zhu et al. [2007a]

corn stover hydrolyzate

Bacillus sp. strain XZL4

Batch

81.0^a

1.86(0–36 h)

0.98

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