The Formation, General Characteristics and Production of α-Amylase in Heterocaryons and Diploids of Aspergillus oryzae |
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Authors: | Lene Thorbek P Eplov |
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Institution: | Department of Microbiology, The Polytechnical University, DK 2800 Lyngby, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Abstract: | S ummary . Heterocaryons and diploids from Aspergillus oryzae were investigated with respect to nuclear number/conidium and to conidial size. Heterocaryons usually had larger conidia and more nuclei/conidium than diploids and the haploid parent mutants. Diploids contained significantly fewer nuclei/conidium than haploids. However, they could not be distinguished from haploids by measurement of conidial size. The strains were examined for the production of α-amylase. All auxotrophic mutants produced less α-amylase than the prototrophic wild type. Heterocaryons gave yields which were intermediate between that of their parent mutants or the same as the best producing parent. Diploids which produced more α-amylase than the best producing parent strain were synthesized. The highest yield from a diploid was of the same order of magnitude as the yield from the wild type. |
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