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Production of phytase (myo-inositolhexakisphosphate phosphohydrolase) by Aspergillus niger van Teighem in laboratory-scale fermenter.

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Title Production of phytase (myo-inositolhexakisphosphate phosphohydrolase) by Aspergillus niger van Teighem in laboratory-scale fermenter.
 
Creator Vats, Purva
Sahoo, Debendra K
Banerjee, U C
 
Subject QR Microbiology
 
Description The growth and production pattern of phytase by a filamentous fungus, Aspergillus niger van Teighem, were studied in submerged culture at varying agitation rates and controlled and uncontrolled pH conditions. Allowing the initial culture to grow under neutral condition with subsequent decline in pH resulted in increased phytase productivity. A maximum of 141 nkat/mL phytase was obtained when the broth pH was maintained at pH 2.5 as compared to 17 nkat/mL units at controlled pH 5.5. The culture morphology and rheological properties of the fermentation broth significantly varied with the agitation rate. The volumetric oxygen transfer coefficient was determined at different phases of fungal growth during batch fermentation using static gassing out and dynamic gassing out methods. The oxygen transfer coefficient (k(L)a) of the fermenter was found to be 125 h(-)(1) at 500 rpm as compared to 38 h(-)(1) at 200 rpm. The oxygen transfer rates at different phases of growth were significantly affected by cell mass concentration and fungal morphology. During the course of fermentation there was a gradual decline of k(L)a from 97 h(-)(1) on day 2 to 63 h(-)(1) on day 6 of fermentation, after which no significant change was observed. The degree of agitation considerably influenced the culture morphology where shear thinning of filamentous fungus was observed with the increase in agitation.
 
Publisher Wiley
 
Date 2004
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
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Identifier http://crdd.osdd.net/open/212/1/banerjee2004.pdf
Vats, Purva and Sahoo, Debendra K and Banerjee, U C (2004) Production of phytase (myo-inositolhexakisphosphate phosphohydrolase) by Aspergillus niger van Teighem in laboratory-scale fermenter. Biotechnology progress, 20 (3). pp. 737-43. ISSN 8756-7938
 
Relation http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1021/bp034095v/abstract
http://crdd.osdd.net/open/212/