enewa f R bl o e ls E a n Adegunloye and Asefon, J Fundam Renewable t e n r e g y Energy Appl 2018, 8:3 m a a Journal of Fundamentals of n d d n DOI: 10.4172/2090-4541.1000260 u A F p f p o l i l ISSN: 2090-4541c a a n t r i o u n o Renewable Energy and Applications s J Research Article Open Access Potential of Milicia excelsa Sawdust as Fermentation Medium for Bioethanol Production: A Preliminary Study Adegunloye DV* and Asefon EO Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria *Corresponding author: Adegunloye DV, Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology, PMB 704, Akure, Nigeria, E-mail:
[email protected] Received date: April 30, 2018; Accepted date: May 04, 2018; Published date: May 11, 2018 Copyright: © 2018 Adegunloye DV, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Abstract The potential Milicia excelsa sawdust as both fermentation medium and substrate for bioethanol production was investigated. Fermentation of the sawdust was carried out for 120 hours. Three liters of distilled water was added into 500 g of sterilized and unsterilized samples (sawdust) respectively with the addition of 4.5 g of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast) and fermentation was terminated every 24 hrs. Microbial population and organisms responsible for the fermentation were determined using standard microbiological technique. Temperature, pH and total titratable acidity of the substrates were monitored daily for 120 hrs.