Aspergillus oryzae Grown on Rice Hulls Used as an Additive for Pretreatment of Starch-Containing Wastewater from the Pulp and Paper Industry

From an industrial point of view, the use microorganisms as a wastewater bioremediation practice represents sustainable and economic alternative for conventional treatments. In this work, we investigated starch paper mill (PMW) with Aspergillus oryzae. This amylase-producing fungus was tested in submerged fermentation technology (SmF) solid-state (SSF) on rice hulls. The tests were conducted to assay concentration reducing sugars wastewater. carried out by A. oryzae, which proved capable growing complex media well expressing its amylase activity.