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Acid hydrolysates of acorn polysaccharides as substrates forCandida utilis growth

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Acorn starchy endosperm was saccharified by dilute HCZ, H2SO4 and H3PO4, and the hydrolysates were used as substrates forC. utilis growth. The effects of acid on both stages were investigated and optimized. Biomass yields up to 27.3% on acorn or 83% of theoretical value are reported.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 106 82, Athens, Greece

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Kekos, D., Koukios, E.G. Acid hydrolysates of acorn polysaccharides as substrates forCandida utilis growth. Biotechnol Lett 7, 345–348 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01030285

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