“…Methods reported for the fermentative production of ethanol from starch include (i) simultaneous saccharification and fermentation with a mixed culture of amylolytic and an ethanol-producing micro- organism (Dostálek and Häggström, 1983;Tanaka, 1986;Abouzied and Reddy, 1987;Han and Steinberg, 1987;Verma et al, 2000), (ii) use of both amylolytic enzymes from bacteria and a fermenting yeast together for the saccharification and fermentation of starch (Laluce and Mattoon, 1984;Hoshino et al, 1989Hoshino et al, , 1990, and (iii) addition of glucoamylase to the fermentation broth prior fermentation, which is a common practice in industry (Yamade and Fukushima, 1989). There is little information about fermentation using raw sweet potato starch with mixed cultures of microorganisms.…”