STUDIES ON UTILIZATION OF SOME DAIRY INDUSTERIAL WASTES AND USING GAMMA IRRADIATION FOR MICROBIAL POLYSACCHARIDES PRODUCTION

Abstract

Using sweet whey as a microbial production medium for exopolysaccharides (EPS) presents a Cleaner Production Opportunity (CPO) to create value-added products and protect the environment. Alginates are important polysaccharides with many applications in the food, pharmaceutical, textiles and paper industries. Different bacterial strains such as species of Azotobacter have been reported since long to produce alginate. The bacterial alginate has better qualitative properties, so it may be sold at higher price as compared to that obtained from Seaweed alginate. Therefore, this investigation was designed to study the production of alginate by bacterial fermentation.