Beet Sugar Syrup and Molasses as Low-Cost Feedstock for the Enzymatic Production of Fructo-oligosaccharides

Beet sugar syrup and molasses as low-cost feedstock for the enzymatic production of fructo-oligosaccharides.

Sugar syrup and molasses from beet processing containing 620 and 570 mg/mL sucrose, respectively, were assayed as low-cost and available substrates for the enzymatic synthesis of fructo-oligosaccharides (FOSs). A commercial pectinase (Pectinex Ultra SP-L, from Aspergillus aculeatus) characterized by the presence of a transfructosylating activity was used as a biocatalyst. The FOS production inc...

Structural confirmation of oligosaccharides newly isolated from sugar beet molasses

BACKGROUND Sugar beet molasses is a viscous by-product of the processing of sugar beets into sugar. The molasses is known to contain sucrose and raffinose, a typical trisaccharide, with a well-established structure. Although sugar beet molasses contains various other oligosaccharides as well, the structures of those oligosaccharides have not been examined in detail. The purpose of this study wa...

Biosurfactant production in sugar beet molasses by some Pseudomonas spp.

In this study rhamnolipid biosurfactant production was investigated in eighteen strains of Pseudomonas spp.. Rhamnolipid by these strains was determined by a spectrophotometric method in nutrient broth medium (NB). From the 18 strains screened, two Pseudomonas strains (Pseudomonas luteola B17 and Pseudomonas putida B12) which had produced the highest percentage yield of rhamnolipid were examine...

Short Communication: The availability of sugar beet molasses as a substitutive medium for cultivation of Nannochloropsis sp. Hibberd, 1981 (Eustigmatophyta)

Short Communication: The availability of sugar beet molasses as a substitutive medium for cultivation of Nannochloropsis sp. Hibberd, 1981 (Eustigmatophyta)