Growth conditions of Aspergillus sp. ATHUM-3482 for polygalacturonase production |
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Authors: | M Galiotou-Panayotou M Kapantai O Kalantzi |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Biotechnology, Department of Food Science and Technology, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Athens, 11855, Greece Fax: + (301)3422323, 5294694, GR |
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Abstract: | A wild type of Aspergillus sp. ATHUM-3482 produced extracellular polygalacturonase when grown in liquid medium containing citrus pectin as sole carbon
source. A number of factors affecting enzyme activity were investigated. Polygalacturonase activities as high as␣4.3 U␣ml−1(reducing-group-releasing activity) and 17␣U␣ml−1 (viscosity-diminishing activity) were obtained under optimum growth conditions. With sugar-beet as sole carbon source the
respective activities were 6.5 U␣ml−1 and 40 U ml−1, the highest achieved in this work. Under these conditions no pectin lyase or pectinesterase activity was detected. The above
yields of polygalacturonase activity compare favourably with those reported for fungi grown under similar growth conditions.
Received: 5 March 1996 / Received last revision: 29 October 1996 / Accepted: 2 November 1996 |
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