Abstract

ECOFRIENDLY BIOSYNTHESIS OF XANTHAN GUM BY XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS

*Jyoti Ashok Kedar and Dr .A.D Bholay

ABSTRACT

This work attempts to synthesize Xanthan-industrial gum using sugar molasses, Wheat bran, Rice Bran, Whey. By batch fermentation method Xanthan gum production has taken from each mentioned agro industry waste as substrate, and finally Xanthan yield calculated along with its cell mass (%) of each substrate. The characterization of Xanthan gum also been carried out using sophisticated analytical technique i.e. FT-IR ,which gives comparative analysis of Xanthan gum derived from waste with standard Xanthan gum.

Keywords: Xanthan, pseudo plasticity, viscosity, fermentation, substrate.