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A. Baradarajan
Bio: A. Baradarajan is an academic researcher from Indian Institutes of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Yeast extract & Leuconostoc mesenteroides. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 84 citations.
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TL;DR: The nutrient medium, temperature and initial pH conditions were optimised for batch dextran production in shake flask fermentations using a strain of Leuconostoc mesenteroides NRRL B 512 (F) and the optimal values of tested variables were found to be sucrose, yeast extract and K2HPO4.
Abstract: The nutrient medium (containing sucrose, yeast extract and K2HPO4), temperature and initial pH conditions were optimised for batch dextran production in shake flask fermentations using a strain of Leuconostoc mesenteroides NRRL B 512 (F). A 25−1 fractional factorial central composite experimental design was attempted. Multistage Monte Carlo optimization program was used to maximize the multiple regression equation obtained. The optimal values of tested variables for maximal dextran production were found to be: sucrose, 300 g/l; yeast extract, 10 g/l; K2HPO4, 30 g/l; temperature, 23°C and initial pH 8.3 with a predicted dextran yield of 154 g/l.
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TL;DR: The combined effects of macronutrients of media on α-amylase production by Bacillus sp.
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TL;DR: Data is summarized on their use, biodegradability, commercial reliability and production from renewable resources from a variety of sources including microbial fermentations and chemically modified natural products.
Abstract: Plastic waste disposal is a huge ecotechnological problem and one of the approaches to solving this problem is the development of biodegradable plastics This review summarizes data on their use, biodegradability, commercial reliability and production from renewable resources Some commercially successful biodegradable plastics are based on chemical synthesis (ie polyglycolic acid, polylactic acid, polycaprolactone, and polyvinyl alcohol) Others are products of microbial fermentations (ie polyesters and neutral polysaccharides) or are prepared from chemically modified natural products (eg, starch, cellulose, chitin or soy protein)
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TL;DR: The coefficient determination (R(2)) was good for the second-order model and the optimal conditions for levulinic acid production from wheat straw were 209.3 degrees C, 3.5% acid concentration, 15.6 liquid:solid ratio and 37.6 min of reaction time resulted 19.86% yield.
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TL;DR: The results indicates that the highest percentage removal of Pb can be achieved at pH 5, 40 mg/L of CNTs, contact time 80 min, and agitation speed 50 r/min, and the highest correlation coefficients from Langmuir isotherm model indicates the strong adsorptions of P b(II) on the surface of C NTs.
Abstract: The capability of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to adsorb lead (Pb) in aqueous solution was investigated. Batch mode adsorption experiment was conducted to determine the effects of pH, agitation speed, CNTs dosage and contact time. The removal of Pb(II) reached maximum value 85% or 83% at pH 5 or 40 mg/L of CNTs, respectively. Higher correlation coefficients from Langmuir isotherm model indicates the strong adsorptions of Pb(II) on the surface of CNTs (adsorption capacity Xm = 102.04 mg/g). The results indicates that the highest percentage removal of Pb (96.03%) can be achieved at pH 5, 40 mg/L of CNTs, contact time 80 min, and agitation speed 50 r/min.
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TL;DR: The ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) of FC from HS was investigated and the optimum levels of these significant parameters were determined using response surface methodology (RSM), which revealed these as follows.
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