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Table 1 Summary of microbial treatment of crustacean shell wastes for chitin production

From: Progress in bioextraction processes of chitin from crustacean biowastes

Shell sources

Microorganisms

Products

DM (%)

DP (%)

Reference

Red crab (Chionoecetes japonicus)

Lactobacillus paracasei KCTC-3074

OAa

97.2

52.6

Jung et al. (2006)

Serratia marcescens FS-3

Protease

94.3

68.9

Jung et al. (2007)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa F722

OA, protease

92.0

63.0

Oh et al. (2007)

Crab (Callinectes bellicosus)

Lactobacillus sp. B2

Lactic acid

88.0

56.0

Flores-Albino et al. (2012)

Squid pen (–)

Bacillus sp. TKU004

Protease

–a

73.0

Wang et al. (2006)

Shrimp (Penaeus spp.)

Lactobacillus sp. strain B2

OA

87.6

85.0

Cira et al. (2002)

Lactobacillus plantarum 541

OA

86.0

75.0

Rao et al. (2000)

Shrimp (Penaeus spp.)

Aspergillus niger

Protease

–

62.2

Teng et al. (2001)

Bacillus licheniformis

Protease

98.8

>99.0

Waldeck et al. (2006)

Shrimp (Penaeus japonicas)

Pseudomonas maltophilia

Protease

–

82.0

Wang and Chio (1998)

Shrimp (P. monodon)

L. casei MRS1

OA, protease

99.6

94.7

Xu et al. (2008)

Shrimp (Crangon crangon)

99.7

90.8

Xu et al. (2008)

Shrimp (P. semisulcatus)

Lactobacillus sp.

OA

–

–

Khanafari et al. (2008)

Shrimp (Acetes chinensis)

Bacillus sp. SM98011

Protease

–

–

He et al. (2006)

Shrimp (Metapenaeopsis dobsoni)

B. subtilis ACC No. 121

OA, protease

72.0

84.0

Sini et al. (2007)

Shrimp (–)

Bacillus cereus

–

95.0

97.1

Sorokulova et al. (2009)

Shrimp (–)

Exiguobacterium acetylicum

–

92.0

92.8

Sorokulova et al. (2009)

Shrimp (Penaeus vannamei)

Serratia marcescens B742

Protease

93.0

94.5

Zhang et al. (2012)

Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC 8014

Chitinase

Shrimp (Metapeneaus monoceros)

Bacillus subtilis A26

Protease

79.9

91.3

Ghorbel-Bellaaj et al. (2012)

Bacillus mojavencis A21

Protease

78.7

88.0

Bacillus licheniformis RP1

Protease

55.6

90.8

Shrimp (Metapeneaus monoceros)

Bacillus pumilus A1

Protease

88.0

91.0

Ghorbel-Bellaaj et al. (2013)

Shrimp (Metapeneaus monoceros)

Bacillus cereus SV1

Lactic acid

–

88.8

Mani et al. (2010)

Shrimp shells (Litopenaus vannamei)

Pediococcus sp. L1/2

–

83.5

–

Choorit et al. (2008)

Shrimp shells (Litopenaus vannamei)

Lactobacillus L7+

–

94.7

85.4

Ploydee and Chaiyanan (2014)

Bacillus thuringiensis SA

Shrimp waste

Lactobacillus sp. probiotic

–

95.6

81.9

Lopez-Cervantes et al. (2010)

Shrimp waste (Penaeus monodon)

Natural probiotic (milk curd)

Lactic acid

69.0

89.0

Prameela et al. (2010)

Protease

Shrimp waste (Litopenaeus vannamei)

Lactobacillus plantarum

Lactic acid

92.0

94.0

Pacheco et al. (2011)

Protease

Shrimp shells (Penaeus vannamei)

Bacillus licheniformis F11-1 + Lactobacillus acidophilus

–

50.2–88.7

47.4–79.6

Wahyuntari et al. (2011)

Shrimp shells (Penaeus vannamei)

Lactobacillus acidophilus SW1

Lactic acid

99.3

92.2

Duan et al. (2012)

Protease

99.0

91.6

Shrimp shells

Lactobacillus plantarum 1058

–

54.0

45.0

Khorrami et al. (2012)

Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)

Lactobacillus pentosus-4023

OA

90.1

81.5

Bautista et al. (2001)

L. paracasei A3

OA

97.2

94.0

Cremades et al. (2003)

Scampi (Nephrops norvegicus)

L. paracasei A3

OA

61.0

77.5

Zakaria et al. (1998)

Prawn (Macrobrachium vollenhovenii)

L. plantarum

OA

–

–

Fagbenro (1996)

Prawn shell (Nephrops norvegicus)

Lactobacillus salivarius + Enterococcus faecium + Pediococcus acidilactici

Lactic acid

68.3

49.4

Beaney et al. (2005)

Prawn shell waste

Lactococcus lactis spp. Lactis NRRL-B-1821

Lactic acid

47.2–78.8

66.5–69.4

Aytekin and Elibol (2010)

Protease

Prawn shell waste

Teredinobacter turnirae

Lactic acid

18.5–37.3

63.2–77.8

Aytekin and Elibol (2010)

Protease

  1. OA organic acid, DM demineralization, DP deproteinization
  2. aNot mentioned