Growth ofChaetomium cellulolyticumin solid-state fermentation of sugar cane bagasse treated with water and alkali at several liquid/solid ratios
✍ Scribed by Olga Bravo; Alexis Ferrer; Cateryna Aiello; Anselmo Ledesma; Miguel Dávila
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 470 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0141-5492
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✦ Synopsis
Sugar cane bagasse was water-or alkali-treated at three liquid/solid (L/S) ratios and its digestibility was measured as microbial protein production of Chaetomium cellulolyticum grown on solid-state fermentation columns. The treatments significantly enhanced fungus growth compared to non-treated bagasse, which was used as a control, although the composition of bagasse did not change greatly. Alkali-treated bagasse reached an average protein content of about 7.6% and the lower the L'S ratio, the higher the protein content. L/S ratio did not have an effect in water-treated bagasse. Protein content of water-treated bagasse was also high, approximately 80% of that one of alkali-treated bagasse. Both treatments look promising to enhance sugar cane bagasse potential as an animal feed.