ABSTRACT
Day) ................................................................................................... 438 17.5 Production of Xanthan Gum from Soybean Molasses .................................440
17.5.1 Introduction ......................................................................................440 17.5.2 Microorganism Selection .................................................................. 441 17.5.3 Soybean Molasses Pretreatment .......................................................442 17.5.4 Xanthan Gum Production Kinetics under Optimized Conditions ...443 17.5.5 Downstream Process ........................................................................444
17.6 Production of Alpha-Galactosidase from Soybean Vinasse .........................445
The utilization of agro-residues to produce commercial biomolecules is considered an important element in developing techno-economically feasible technologies that would contribute to the development of sustainable processes and the generation of value-added products. Brazilian and Indian economies are among the most important agriculture-based economies in the world, and the residues generated by the intense agricultural activity represent potential feedstock that could be utilized in diverse production chains instead of being discarded (Singhania et al. 2009; Soccol and Vandenberghe 2003).
