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Polycation treatment of preformed calcium alginate beads produced a matrix with higher resistance to phosphate ions. The treatment of immobilized Saccharomyces cerevisiae in the calcium alginate beads inhibited respiration of the entrapped cells but did not reduce ethanol production.
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Veliky, I.A., Williams, R.E. The production of ethanol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae immobilized in polycation-stabilized calcium alginate gels. Biotechnol Lett 3, 275–280 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00127394
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