Free biomass
Alginate
Polyacrylamide
T
s
(%)
V
s
(mg/g/d)
T
s
(%)
V
s
(mg/g/d)
T
s
(%)
V
s
(mg/g/d)
Cycle 1
84.7
399.0
73.4
190.5
66.1
179.0
Cycle 2
82.2
354.5
73.2
182.5
40.5
103.5
Cycle 3
78.4
290.5
73.4
185.0
36.2
98.5
Cycle 4
70.2
260.5
73.3
180.0
35.7
96.5
Table 3:
Solubilization efficiency (T
s
) and specific solubilization rate (V
s
) of DCP recorded by free and immobilized biomass of isolated fungus during repeated batch solubilization cycles.
