Direct lactic acid fermentation: Focus on simultaneous saccharification and lactic acid production

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-152

  John, Rojan P ^a,b   G S , Anisha ^a,c   Nampoothiri, K Madhavan ^a   Pandey, Ashok ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^c Government College Chittur   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass; Direct lactic acid production; Lactic acid; Simultaneous saccharification fermentation

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTIONS; CELLULOSIC BIOMASSES; CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS; CHEMICAL SYNTHESES; COST OF PRODUCTIONS; DEGRADING ENZYMES; DIRECT LACTIC ACID PRODUCTION; DOUBLE STEPS; HIGH ENERGIES; INDUSTRIAL BYPRODUCTS; IS COSTS; LACTIC ACID FERMENTATIONS; SIMULTANEOUS SACCHARIFICATION AND FERMENTATIONS; SIMULTANEOUS SACCHARIFICATION FERMENTATION; SINGLE STEPS;

ACIDS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BODY FLUIDS; BYPRODUCTS; FERMENTATION; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); ISOMERS; LACTIC ACID; ORGANIC ACIDS; RAW MATERIALS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGARS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILE PROCESSING;

SACCHARIFICATION;

LACTIC ACID; STARCH;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FERMENTATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC ACID; PLASTIC; SUGAR;

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; REVIEW; RHIZOPUS;

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; LACTIC ACID; LACTOBACILLUS; RHIZOPUS; STARCH;

EID: 58149473762     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2008.10.004     Document Type: Review

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