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Enzymic saccharification of sugar beet pulp
Author(s) -
Moloney A. P.,
O'Rorke A.,
Considine P. J.,
Coughlan M. P.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
biotechnology and bioengineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1097-0290
pISSN - 0006-3592
DOI - 10.1002/bit.260260713
Subject(s) - sugar beet , beet pulp , hydrolysis , chemistry , pulp (tooth) , pulp and paper industry , sugar , food science , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , agronomy , biology , engineering , medicine , pathology
Culture filtrates of Talaromyces emersonii UCG 208 grown on beet pulp can convert the polysaccharide components of this agricultural waste to soluble sugars. The saccharification process is facilitated if the pulp is milled or incubated with alkali or peracetic acid before addition of enzyme. However, treatment of unmilled pulp with commercial pectinase prior to incubation with Talaromyces filtrate is also very effective; under suitable conditions, complete hydrolysis of total polysaccharides has been achieved.