Agricultural and Food Processing Wastes as Potential Substrates in Microbial Protein Production: Chemical Analysis
Abstract
A number of agricultural and food processing wastes were analyzed in order to determine their potential as substrates for microbial cell production. Potential was evaluated in terms of the following parameters: % crude protein, % neutral detergent fiber, % cellulose, % crude fat, % lignin, and gross energy value. The high lignin content of a good number of these materials indicates that the lignocellulose complex may have to be broken down in a chemical step before these can effectively function as a carbon source during the fermentation process leading to the production of microbial proteins.
Published
2007-10-16
Issue
Section
Articles
Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published before (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, review, or thesis); that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities at the institute where the work has been carried out; that, if and when the manuscript is accepted for publication, the authors agree to the automatic transfer of the copyright to the publisher; that the manuscript will not be published elsewhere in any language without the consent of the copyright holders; that written permission of the copyright holder is obtained by the authors for material used from other copyrighted sources; and that any costs associated with obtaining this permission are the authors’ responsibility.
