Enabling butanol production from crude sugarcane bagasse hemicellulose hydrolysate by batch-feeding it into molasses fermentation

[Display omitted] •Fermentation was initiated with diluted sugarcane molasses (45 g/L sugars).•Crude sugarcane bagasse hemicellulose hydrolysate (23 g/L xylose) was fed at 24 h.•The diluted molasses-to-hydrolysate volume ratio was 3:1.•Sugars were consumed (84 %) without supplementation of nutrients...

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