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Acetone-butanol-ethanol production from substandard and surplus dates by Egyptian native Clostridium strains.
Anaerobe - 1 Apr 2015
Abd-Alla Mohamed Hemida, Zohri Abdel-Naser Ahmed, El-Enany Abdel-Wahab Elsadek, Ali Shimaa Mohamed
Abstract excerpt
One hundred and seven mesophilic isolates of Clostridium were isolated from agricultural soils cultivated with different plants in Assuit Governorate, Egypt. Eighty isolates (out of 107) showed the ability to produce ABE (Acetone, butanol and ethanol) on T6 medium ranging from 0.036 to 31.89 g/L. The highest numbers of ABE producing isolates were obtained from soil samples of potato contributing 27 isolates,...
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