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Growth of Chaetomium cellulolyticum in solid-state fermentation of sugar cane bagasse treated with water and alkali at several liquid/solid ratios

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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.

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  1. Laboratorio de Alimentes, Departamento de Química. Facultad Experimental de Ciencias, Universidad del Zulia, Grano de Oro. Módulo 2, Maracaibo, Venezuela

    Olga Bravo, Alexis Ferrer, Cateryna Aiello, Anselmo Ledesma & Miguel Dávila

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Bravo, O., Ferrer, A., Aiello, C. et al. Growth of Chaetomium cellulolyticum in solid-state fermentation of sugar cane bagasse treated with water and alkali at several liquid/solid ratios. Biotechnol Lett 16, 865–870 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00133969

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