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Optimization of dilution rate for the production of value added product and simultaneous reduction of organic load from pineapple cannery waste
Candida utiilis NRRL Y-900 was grown on pineapple cannery waste as the sole carbon and energy source in a chemostat at dilution rates ranging between 0.05 and 0.65 h−1 to determine the growth kinetics. The cell ...
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Growth-associated production of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate byBacillus mycoides
Bacillus mycoides strain RIJ B-017, a growth-associated poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) producer was grown on sucrose-containing media. PHB accumulated in cells up to 72% of dry cell mass. The overall maximum value ...
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Ethanol production from hardwood spent sulfite liquor using an adapted strain of Pichia stipitis
Conditions have been optimized for fermentation of pretreated hardwood spent sulfite liquor (HSSL) using an adapted strain of Pichia stipitis. The pretreatments, consisting of boiling and overliming with Ca(OH)2 ...
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Cultivation of Candida langeronii in sugar cane bagasse hemicellulosic hydrolyzate for the production of single cell protein
Sugar cane bagasse hemicellulosic fraction was hydrolysed by treatment with 70 mg of sulphuric acid per gram of dry mass at 125 °C for 2 h. The hydrolysate was used as the substrate to grow Candida langeronii RLJ...
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Continuous cultivation of the yeast Candida utilis at different dilution rates on pineapple cannery effluent
Candida utilis was grown on a pineapple cannery effluent in a chemostat at dilution rates ranging between 0.05 and 0.65 h−1 to establish optimal conditions for biomass production and chemical oxygen demand (COD)...
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Single cell protein from pineapple cannery effluent
Candida utilis was grown on pineapple cannery effluent as the sole carbon and energy source. These effluents are rich in microbially utilizable nutrients. The principal sugars in the effluent were glucose, fru...
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Alcoholic fermentation by agar-immobilized yeast cells
Immobilized yeast cells in agar gel beads were used in a packed bed reactor for the production of ethanol from cane molasses at 30°C, pH 4.5. The maximum productivity, 79.5g ethanol/l.h was obtained with 195g/...
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Feeding strategy for the production of the new antibiotic myxovirescin A from Myxococcus virescens (Myxobacterales)
Myxovirescin A is a new antibiotic from Myxococcus virescens. Conditions of growth on peptone media result in the antibiotic being secreted during the transition to the stationary phase. When growth is exponentia...
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Effect of carbon and nitrogen sources on neutral proteinase production byPseudomonas aeruginosa
A strain ofPseudomonas aeruginosa from soil produced large quantitaties of extracellular neutral proteinase and could utilize several organic substances as carbon and nitrogen sources for enzyme production. The g...
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Microbial biomass production on solid hydrocarbons
Solid hydrocarbon utilizing bacterial isolates were screened and the strains were examined for biomass production, growth on different solid hydrocarbons, protein contents, and amino acid composition. Conversi...