Calcium alginate and kappa-carrageenan were evaluated as entrapment matrices for whole cells of Schizosucchnromyces pombe. The fermentation activity of immobilized cells was enhanced by pre-incubation in nutrient medium. Alginate bead activity was significantly better than that with carrageenen beads (~~0.05). In grape must carrageenan beads disintegrated 10 times faster than alginate beads.
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