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Biological coagulation of skim latex using Acinetobacter sp. isolated from natural rubber latex centrifugation effluent

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An Acinetobacter sp, isolated from latex centrifugation effluent, effectively coagulated skim rubber from skim latex. After coagulation for 48 h without the addition of any nutrients, at an optimum dilution of 1:10(v/v) and with an inoculum concentration of 6.4 mg dry cell /ml, the yield of the skim rubber was 8 % (w/v) and the COD of the residual solution was only 0.4 g/l. chemical coagulation at the same dilution resulted in 7 % (w/v) yield of dry rubber content and 2.2 g COD /l.

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  1. Microbial Technology Unit, Department of Biotechnology, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, India

    K. Jayachandran

  2. Department of Fermentation Technology, faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima university, Higashi hiroshima, Japan

    M. Chandrasekaran

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Jayachandran, K., Chandrasekaran, M. Biological coagulation of skim latex using Acinetobacter sp. isolated from natural rubber latex centrifugation effluent. Biotechnology Letters 20, 161–164 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005380525066

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