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Lactic acid fermentation of shrimp waste

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posted on 2018-01-12, 11:11 authored by Lekamwasam L.S.S.K. De Silva
The enzymic hydrolysis of shrimp waste, stabilises using an acid fermentation technique, was observed to develop a mechanism to separate and isolate useful products, such as proteins, chitin and astaxanthin. Initially the effectiveness of the fermentation technique was studied with added carbohydrate (lactose) with an innoculum (Stabisil, comprising of Streptococcus faecium strains M74, Lactobacillus plantarum and Pediococus acidilacti). [Continues.]

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Great Britain, Government.

History

School

  • Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

Department

  • Chemical Engineering

Publisher

© De Silva, L.L.S.S.K.

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 2.5 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.5) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/

Publication date

1989

Notes

A Master's Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Master of Philosophy at Loughborough University.

Language

  • en

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