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Cassava starch effluent treatment with concomitant SCP production

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Yeasts and yeast-like organisms were chosen for the aerobic treatment of cassava starch factory effluent. A mixed culture of Candida utills and Endomycopsis fibuliger efficiently and rapidly utilized both starch and free sugars. After 28 h fermentation the protein content of the biomass was 22% (w/w), which remained unchanged during the remainder of the fermentation (60 h). This treatment removed 94% of the COD and 91% of the BOD.

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  1. Regional Research Laboratory, 695019, Trivandrum, India

    V. B. Manilal & C. S. Narayanan

  2. Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (ICAR), 695017, Trivandrum, India

    C. Balagopalan

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Manilal, V.B., Narayanan, C.S. & Balagopalan, C. Cassava starch effluent treatment with concomitant SCP production. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 7, 185–190 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00328988

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