Amberlite IRA 900 Versus Calcium Alginate in Immobilization of a Novel, Engineered β-fructofuranosidase for Short-Chain Fructooligosaccharide Synthesis from Sucrose Oscar K. K. Bedzo a *, Kim Trollope b , Lalitha D. Gottumukkala a , Gerhardt Coetzee a , Johann F. Görgens a a Dept. of Process Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa. b Dept. of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa. *Corresponding author. e-mail: 19123949@sun.ac.za This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Biocatalysts and Bioreactor Design Biotechnology Progress DOI 10.1002/btpr.2797 This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/btpr.2797 © 2019 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Received: Oct 19, 2018; Revised: Jan 16, 2019; Accepted: Feb 24, 2019