Agro-industrial wastes and their utilization using solid state fermentation: a review

• Main Authors: Pardeep Kumar Sadh, Surekha Duhan, Joginder Singh Duhan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SpringerOpen 2018-01-01
• Series: Bioresources and Bioprocessing
• Subjects: Agro-industrial wastes; Oil cakes; Solid state fermentation; Bioactive compounds; Biotechnological approaches
• Online Access: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40643-017-0187-z

Abstract Agricultural residues are rich in bioactive compounds. These residues can be used as an alternate source for the production of different products like biogas, biofuel, mushroom, and tempeh as the raw material in various researches and industries. The use of agro-industrial wastes as raw materials can help to reduce the production cost and also reduce the pollution load from the environment. Agro-industrial wastes are used for manufacturing of biofuels, enzymes, vitamins, antioxidants, animal feed, antibiotics, and other chemicals through solid state fermentation (SSF). A variety of microorganisms are used for the production of these valuable products through SSF processes. Therefore, SSF and their effect on the formation of value-added products are reviewed and discussed.