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The present study aimed to investigate the batch ethanol production from unbleached Kraft pulp of Eucalyptus globulus by separate hydrolysis and fermentation (SHF). Enzymatic hydrolysis of the pulp resulted in a glucose yield of 96.1 \u00b1 3.6% and a xylose yield of 94.0 \u00b1 7.1%. In an Erlenmeyer flask, fermentation of the hydrolysate using Saccharomyces cerevisiae showed better results than Scheffersomyces stipitis. At both the Erlenmeyer flask and bioreactor scale, co-cultures of S. cerevisiae and S. stipitis did not show significant improvements in the fermentation performance. The best result was provided by S. cerevisiae alone in a bioreactor, which fermented the Kraft pulp hydrolysate with an ethanol yield of 0.433 g\u00b7g\u22121 and a volumetric ethanol productivity of 0.733 g\u00b7L\u22121\u00b7h\u22121, and a maximum ethanol concentration of 19.24 g\u00b7L\u22121 was attained. 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