Glucose, glutamic acid and lactic acid were analyzed using the SBA-40D biosensor (Biology Institute, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China). Acetic acid, xylose, furfural, and HMF were analyzed on HPLC (LC-20AD, refractive index detector RID-10A, Shimadzu, Kyoto, Japan) with a Bio-Rad Aminex HPX-87H column (Bio-rad, Hercules, CA, USA) at 65 °C and 5 mM H2SO4 solution as the mobile phase at the flow rate of 0.6 mL/min. Phenolic compounds were analyzed on HPLC (UV/Vis detector SPD-20A, at 270 nm, Shimadzu, Kyoto, Japan) with a YMC-Pack ODS-A column (YMC Co., Kyoto, Japan) at 35 °C as mentioned before [13 (link)].
Cell growth was indicated by optical density at 600 nm (OD600) by the spectrophotometer Beckman Coulter DU800 (Beckman, Brea, CA, USA). The dry cell weight (DCW) was transformed 1 unit of OD600 to approximately 0.4 mg/mL of the dry cell weight.
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