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Further development of a honey-combed gel bioreactor for immobilization of living microorganisms
Project
Project code: MRI-LBV-08-51
Contract period: 01.01.2009
- 31.12.2010
Purpose of research: Applied research
Entrapment of cells into a gel-matrix of carrageen is a mild method to immobilize microorganisms. Living microorganisms as yeast or bacteria are immobilized in order to improve quality of certain food products by applying biochemical reactions to those products through enzyme reactions which have to be maintained for a longer period of time. Experiments have shown, that entrapment of cells into carrageen-gel is a simple method to get a robust and easy-to-handle biocatalytic structure, which provides its enzymatic activity nearly without any losses for several weeks. Further development is necessary to demonstrate the feasibility of method and equipment under real conditions of food production at industrial scale.
Section overview
Subjects
- Food Chemistry
- Food Processing
Framework programme
Funding programme
Excutive institution
MRI - Department of Food and Bio Process Engineering (MRI-LBV)
