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A parametric response surface study of fermentative hydrogen production from cheese whey

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Determination of mono- and disaccharides in milk and milk products by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection

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Kefir yeast technology: Scale‐up in SCP production using milk whey

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Evaluation of the cold-active Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis β-galactosidase enzyme for lactose hydrolysis in whey permeate as primary step of d-tagatose production

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A novel implementation of water recovery from whey: “forward–reverse osmosis” integrated membrane system

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Production of Poly-β-Hydroxybutyric Acid (PHB) by Rhizobium elti and Pseudomonas stutzeri

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Ethanol production from whey in a bioreactor coupled with direct contact membrane distillation

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Enhancing the co-digestion efficiency of sewage sludge and cheese whey using brewery spent grain as an additional substrate

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Fermentation of high concentrations of lactose to ethanol by engineered flocculent Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Production of ethanol from lactose in a bioreactor integrated with membrane distillation

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The biotechnological potential of whey

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Utilization of cheese whey for bio-ethanol production

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Utilization of Cheese Industry Whey for Biofuel–Ethanol Production

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Biogas production from cheese whey: past, present and future.

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Valorising Whey: From Environmental Burden to Bio-Based Production of Value-Added Compounds and Food Ingredients

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