Studies were carried out to define the relation between enzyme production and fungal sporulation, in solid-state cultivation conditions of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae NRRL 2217 to get information on possible ...

Gluconic acid is a mild organic acid derived from glucose by a simple oxidation reaction. The reaction is facilitated by the enzyme glucose oxidase (fungi) and glucose dehydrogenase (bacteria such as Gluconobacter). Microbial ...

Oil cakes have been in use for feed applications to poultry, fish and swine industry. Being rich in protein, some of these have also been considered ideal for food supplementation. However, with increasing emphasis on cost ...

Since centuries vegetable oils are consumed as human food but it also finds applications in biodiesel production which is attracting more attention. But due to being in competition with food it could not be sustainable and ...

Aims: To exploit conidiospores of Aspergillus niger as a vector for glucose oxidase extraction from solid media, and their direct use as biocatalyst in the bioconversion of glucose to gluconic acid. Methods and Results: ...