Biosynthesis of xanthan gum on wastewater from confectionary industry

Bajić Bojana and Dodić Jelena and Rončević Z. and Grahovac J. and Dodić Siniša and Vučurović D. and Tadijan I.: Biosynthesis of xanthan gum on wastewater from confectionary industry. In: Review of faculty of engineering : analecta technica Szegedinensia, (8) 2. pp. 13-17. (2014)

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Abstract

Xanthan gum is one of the major commercial biopolymers employed in many industrial processes owing to its unique physical properties such as a high degree of pseudoplasticity and high viscosity even at low concentrations. Commercially available xanthan gum is relatively expensive due to glucose or sucrose being used as the sole carbon source for its production and cost reduction could be achieved by using less expensive substrates, such as food industrial wastewaters. Effluents from the confectionery industry, because of its high organic content, are significant environmental pollutants and before their release into environment it is necessary to purify them. The present study examines xanthan production by Xanthomonas campestris under aerobic conditions on wastewaters from five different factories of the confectionery industry. Xanthan yield was obtained as a quantitative characteristic of the process and was in the range between 4.28 g/L and 10.03 g/L and its quality is determined by following rheological characteristics of obtained cultivation media. The results obtained in this study indicate that wastewater from confectionary industry can be used as the basis of media for the production of this highly valuable product.

Item Type: Article
Journal or Publication Title: Review of faculty of engineering : analecta technica Szegedinensia
Date: 2014
Volume: 8
Number: 2
ISSN: 2064-7964
Page Range: pp. 13-17
Language: English
Related URLs: http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/42847/
Uncontrolled Keywords: Szennyvízkezelés, Bioszintézis, Xantán
Additional Information: Bibliogr.: 17. p. ; összefoglalás angol nyelven
Date Deposited: 2017. Jul. 11. 11:43
Last Modified: 2021. Nov. 18. 13:41
URI: http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/41880

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