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Extracellular lipase was produced by growing Geotrichum candidum. A simple optical method was developed to quantify the dark-brown compounds formed during medium preparation and fermentation. The size of these molecules was in the fractionation range of Sephadex G-50. Diafiltration trials were done to screen ultrafiltration membranes for the most efficient decolonization of the cell-free lipase solution. Membranes were identified which reduced the colour by 80% with less than 5% loss of lipase activity after 4 volume exchanges in continuous diafiltration.
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Pacheco-Oliver, M., Veeraragavan, K. & Braendli, E. Separation of colour compounds from lipase in fermentation supernatant by diafiltration. Biotechnol Tech 4, 369–372 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00159380
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