Monday, July 27, 2009
P28
Bioconversion of beet pulp to microbial biomass protein by Candida utilis
Sibtain Ahmed1, Abu Saeed Hashmi1, and Muhammad Athar2. (1) Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, UVAS Lahore Pakistan, Lahore, 54000, Pakistan, (2) Department of Animal Nutrition, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
The present study describes the exploitation of Candida utilis for the improvement of nutritional value of Pakistani beet pulp. C. utilis has important characteristics for the economic production of microbial biomass protein and for its supplementation in poultry and livestock feeds. The optimal conditions for microbial biomass protein production from C. utilis were 3% (w/v) beet pulp, 0.0075% CaCl2.2H2O, 0.125% MgSO4.7H2O, 0.45% KH2PO4, 0.03% KCl, 1% FeSO4.7H2O at C: N ratio of 15:1 in the presence of 2% cane molasses and 1% corn steep liquor. Compositional analysis of microbial biomass protein product obtained with C. utilis revealed that dried biomass was rich in crude protein. The improvement of crude protein from 11.26 to 44.29 % indicated a great deal of urea metabolism by the yeast. The amino acid profile of final microbial biomass protein showed that it is enriched with all essential amino acids. The microbial biomass protein obtained could be employed in the protein enrichment of animal feed supplements.
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