Microbial itaconic acid production from starchy food waste by newly isolated thermotolerant Aspergillus terreus strain

In the present study, we have explored potential of newly isolated Aspergillus terreus BD strain, which can accumulate itaconic acid (IA) at higher temperature. The shake flask cultivation thermotolerant strain with medium optimized using Box-Behnken Design 45 °C resulted in IA accumulation 28.9 g/L yield 0.27 g/g. enzymatic saccharification synthetic food waste (SFW) consisting potatoes, rice & noodles were Taguchi method orthogonal array to maximize release fermentable sugar. maximum glucose 0.60 g/g was achieved 10% biomass loading, 5% enzyme concentration, pH 5.5 and temperature 60 0C. sugars obtained from SFW integrated production titer hydrolysate during bioreactor 41.1 conversion while pure 44.7 0.30 g/g, respectively.