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Enzyme Catalysis
Fermentation and enzyme catalysis are the most important processes in industrial biotechnology.
Fermentation offers the advantage of single-stage fermentation thus making it relatively easy to obtain the required product. The disadvantage is a high dilution of the produced substances after the fermentation process.
With enzyme catalysis, concentrations of up to 50% can be used, so that enzyme catalysis can replace the fermentation as far as possible. This makes the development of new enzyme catalysts and especially the development of new enzyme catalytic principles, such as the immobilisation of enzymes through the anchoring on the cell wall of B. subtilis or their spores interesting for the biotechnology industry. Various scientific work, such as the use of cellulases for the hydrolysis of cellulose and lignocellulose show that advantages can be achieved.
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