The South African sugar industry has recently moved from a cane payment scheme based on the sucrose content of cane to one based upon the concept of recoverable value (RV), which is itself a modification of the estimated recoverable crystal (ERC) quantity as originally presented by van Hengel (1974). While the definitions of ERC and RV attempt to discount the effect of cane quality on factory p...

The aim of this work was to study the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) by Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli isolated from the industrial contaminated soil samples using cane molasses as an inexpensive substrate. The amount of PHA accumulated followed a similar pattern to its growth for each of treatment indicating a growth-related production, yielding maximum PHA production of 54...

The fermentation of different sugars by Bacillus stearothermophilus ATCC 2027 to obtain 2,3-butanediol is described. Fermentation tests in shake flasks show the complete conversion of sucrose to butanediol (91% yield) and acetoin (3-hydroxy-2-butanone) using a starting sugar concentration of 30 g/L. A similar result is obtained with sugar cane molasses, whereas glucose and fructose afford lower...

the most common pathogenic agent in sunflower is sclerotinia sclerotiorum which in some cases can be successfully controlled by some antagonistic bacteria. environmental factors such as carbon sources are effective on antagonistic strains but application of pure carbohydrates for mass production of these agents is expensive. so in most cases agricultural and industrial residues (such as molasse...

The rum industry is currently worth USD 16 billion, with production concentrated in tropical countries of the Caribbean and Asia-Pacific regions. primary feedstock for sugar cane molasses, a by-product refineries. main variables known to affect quality include composition length fermentation, type barrels time used aging rum. goal this review provide an overview impact these on quality, highlig...

Production cost of enzyme is largely determined by the type of the strain and raw material used to propagate the strain. Hence, selection of the strain and raw materials is crucial in enzyme production. For Glucose oxidase (GOx), previous studies showed Aspergillus terreus UniMAP AA-1 offers a better alternative to the existing sources. Thus, a lower production cost could be logically anticipat...