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Cost effective production of pullulan from agri-industrial residues using response surface methodology.

DIR@IMTECH: CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology

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Title Cost effective production of pullulan from agri-industrial residues using response surface methodology.
 
Creator Mehta, Ananya
Prasad, G S
Choudhury, Anirban Roy
 
Subject QR Microbiology
 
Description Response surface methodology was used to develop an economically feasible process for the fermentative production of pullulan using agri-industrial residues, jaggery, de-oiled jatropha seed cake (DOJSC) and corn steep liquor (CSL), as sole media components. A second order polynomial model was obtained using central composite design to understand the effects of interactions among these substrates on pullulan biosynthesis. Results indicated that, lower concentrations of CSL and DOJSC and higher concentrations of jaggery favoured pullulan production. The optimal nutrient composition (18% jaggery, 3% DOJSC and 0.97% CSL) as suggested by the model resulted in production of 66.25 g/L pullulan with a productivity of 0.92 g/Lh. Analysis of raw material cost component for pullulan production suggested that sole utilization of agri-residues may lead to development of cost effective process for pullulan production.
 
Publisher Elsevier Science
 
Date 2014-03
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Relation http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141813013006612
http://crdd.osdd.net/open/1505/
 
Identifier Mehta, Ananya and Prasad, G S and Choudhury, Anirban Roy (2014) Cost effective production of pullulan from agri-industrial residues using response surface methodology. International journal of biological macromolecules, 64. pp. 252-6. ISSN 1879-0003