The Journal of Food Technology in Africa, Vol. 6, Apr-June, 2001, 38-40 Effect of length of fermentation on the functional characteristics of fermented cassava 'fufu' Oyewole, O.B. and Ogundele, S.L. Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Agriculture, PMB 2240,Abeokuta. Ogun State, Nigeria. Code Number: ft01011 Abstract Cassava clones 30572 was fermented to 'fufu' for differen...

The effects of catabolite repression of initial glucose on the synthesis of α-amylase from Penicillium chrysogenum and Penicillium griseofulvum were investigated under solid-state fermentation (SSF) and submerged fermentation (SmF) systems. The results obtained from either fermentation were compared with each other. In the SmF system, initial glucose concentration above 10 mg/mL completely repr...

The Japanese fermented food Natto contains menaquinone 7 (MK7), which is known to increase bone mineral density and reduce bone fractures. Natto is traditionally produced via the solid state fermentation of soy beans by Bacillus subtilis natto. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of static and dynamic solid state fermentation (SSF) on the production of MK7 using polenta (milled...

Among enzymes, lipases have been widely investigated because of the numerous industrial applications. In this study, optimization of lipase production by Aspergillus niger in solid state fermentation from rice bran as solid substrate was investigated. The optimal conditions with the aid of central composite design (CCD) under response surface methodology (RSM) were obtained.  In the analysis of...

The aim of the present work was focused on the cellulase production by Aspergillus niger using different substrates (i.e) rice bran, wheat bran, black gram bran, coconut oil cake, groundnut oil cake, and gingely oil cake. Solid state fermentation holds tremendous potentials for the production of the enzyme cellulase by Aspergillus niger. These agro industrial residues are cheap raw materials fo...

The object of research is a production of antibiotics by fed batch fermentation. An intelligent system with a structure of neural network and a genetic algorithm are used in nonparametric modeling of the fermentation process. The goal is to build a model for the prediction of fermentation eeciency. A priori knowledge of experts, who are controlling the production of antibiotics in industry, is ...

Background and Objectives: Cellulase is an important enzyme with multiple applications in industries, including food, laundry, pharmaceutical, textile, pulp, paper and biofuel industries. Solid-state fermentation (SSF) is a method for cellulase production, which includes several advantages, compared to submerged fermentation. In this study, cellulase was produced by three filamentous fungi, i.e...