Novel biotechnological method for production of ethanol exposed to colchicine

The efficacy of colchicine on production of ethanol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae RK-16 has been assessed. It has been found that the mutagen under trial, i,e; colchicine at 7.0×10-5 M molar concentration enhances the production of ethanol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae RK-16 to an extent of 16.296% higher in comparison to control fermenter flask, i.e, 5.40mL/100 in 65 hours of optimum incubation period, 18.5% (w/v) molasses solution 4.5 pH and 300C temperature alongwith other nutritional ingredients required by the yeast.