Objective THE C6 AND C5 SUGARS PRODUCED BY HYDROLYSIS OF STRAW CAN BE USED TO PRODUCE ETHANOL OR OTHER HIGH VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS (E.G. XYLITOL). THE DIRECT GROWTH OF ACTINOMYCETES ON STRAW COULD ENHANCE THE PRODUCT AS A PROTEIN-ENRICHED ANIMAL FEED. DR BERNARD GODDEN WAS APPOINTED AS RESEARCH ASSISTANT FOR THE DURATION OF THIS CONTRACT ON 1ST OCTOBER 1986. THE RESEARCH IS ALSO PROCEEDING WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A RESEARCH STUDENT AND THE TECHNICAL STAFF OF THE INSTITUTE. WE HAVE FIRST COLLECTED ALL OUR PREVIOUSLY ISOLATED ACTINOMYCETES STRAINS. THESE STRAINS WERE DESPATCHED TO DR ALAN MCCARTHY (UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL - CONTRACT EN3B/0080/UK) FOR COMPARATIVE SACCHARIFICATION TEST USING BALL-MILLED STRAW AS A SUBSTRATE. WE HAVE ALSO PREPARED COMPOST SAMPLES THAT COULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR ISOLATING PERFORMING LIGNOCELLULOLYTIC ACTINOMYCETES. BEET LEAVES AND RESIDUES OBTAINED FROM A SUGAR FACTORY WERE MIXED WITH STRAW OR SPRUCE BARK. AFTER SIX WEEKS OF COMPOSTING, WE HAVE OBTAINED A WELL DECOMPOSED MATERIAL (PH = 8.3). A EARTHWORMS HORSE MANURE COMPOST (PH = 8.9) WAS ALSO PREPARED. A PRELIMINARY PLATE COUNT PROCEDURE HAS SHOWN THAT THE SAMPLES CONTAIN NUMEROUS PROPAGULAS OF LIGNOCELLULOLYTIC ACTINOMYCETES. THE COMPOST SAMPLES WERE DESPATCHED TO LIVERPOOL. A MEETING WITH DR MCCARTHY'S GROUP IS PLANNED IN DECEMBER. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental biotechnologybioremediationcompostnatural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryalcoholsnatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteinsenzymesagricultural sciencesanimal and dairy sciencedomestic animalsanimal husbandryanimal feed Programme(s) FP1-ENNONUC 3C - Research and development programme (EEC) in the field of Non-Nuclear Energy, 1985-1988 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Universite Libre de Bruxelles Address Avenue franklin roosevelt 50 Bruxelles Belgium See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Liverpool See on map
