%0 Journal Article
%@ 09441344
%A Hasnol, S.
%A Lim, J.W.
%A Wong, C.Y.
%A Lam, M.K.
%A Ntwampe, S.K.O.
%D 2020
%F scholars:12973
%I Springer
%J Environmental Science and Pollution Research
%K anoxic conditions; decomposition; fermentation; growth; growth rate; inoculation; lipid; metabolism; protein; waste, Hermetia illucens, lipid, animal; coconut; endosperm; larva; Simuliidae, Animals; Cocos; Endosperm; Larva; Lipids; Simuliidae
%N 19
%P 24574-24581
%R 10.1007/s11356-020-09034-2
%T Liminal presence of exo-microbes inoculating coconut endosperm waste to enhance black soldier fly larval protein and lipid
%U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/12973/
%V 27
%X The anaerobic decomposition of coconut endosperm waste (CEW), residue derived from cooking, has been insidiously spewing greenhouse gasses. Thus, the bioconversion of CEW via in situ fermentation by exo-microbes from commercial Rid-X and subsequent valorization by black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) was the primary objective of the current study to gain sustainable larval lipid and protein. Accordingly, various concentrations of exo-microbes were separately homogenized with CEW to perform fermentation amidst feeding to BSFL. It was found that 2.50 of exo-microbes was the threshold amount entailed to assuage competition between exo-microbes and BSFL for common nutrients. The presence of remnant nutrients exuded from the fermentation using 2.50 of exo-microbes was confirmed to promote BSFL growth measured as maximum larval weight gained and growth rate. Although the BSFL could accumulate the highest protein (16 mg/larva) upon feeding with CEW containing 2.50 of exo-microbes, more lipid (13 mg/larva) was stored in employing 0.10 of exo-microbes because of minimum loss to metabolic processes while prolonging the BSFL in its 5th instar stage. © 2020, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
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