Abstract The replacement of expensive components in microbial growth media with pretreated lignocellulosic waste component to increase the product spectrum and add value bioproducts has been encouraged achieve sustainable feasible utilization biomass as per biorefinery approach. This study demonstrates an integrated approach towards sugarcane bagasse Mucor circinelloides ZSKP. A maximum reducin...

Animal waste fats were explored as a fermentation substrate for the production of high-value unsaturated single cell oil (SCO) using oleaginous fungi, Mucor circinelloides and Mortierella alpina. Both strains showed good growth lipid accumulation when animal fat carbon source. The biomass concentration 16.7 ± 2.2 gDCW/L content 54.1%wt (of dry weight) obtained in shake flask experiments, surpas...

The fourth generation of bioethanol production is on a lookout for non-lignocellulosic biomass waste. One such candidate chitin, the second most abundant biopolymer earth. However, crystalline nature chitin hinders its application potential production. This limitation can be circumvented by hydrolysing this polymer into oligomers using chitinases. We used hypothesis and isolated Bacillus haynes...

The NADP-dependent 4-dihydrotrisporin-dehydrogenase is a (-) mating-type-specific enzyme in the pathway from beta-carotene to trisporic acid. This substance and its isomers and derivatives represent the general system of sexual communication in zygomycetes. The (-) mating type of Mucor mucedo was stimulated by trisporic acid and the enzyme was purified by ion exchange and affinity chromatograph...

Mucor circinelloides produced an extracellular polygalacturonase enzyme, the production of which was enhanced when various production parameters were optimized. Maximum polygalacturonase (PGase) activity was obtained in 48 h at 30°C and pH 4.0 with pectin methyl ester (1% w/v) as carbon source and a combination of casein hydrolysate (0.1% w/v) and yeast extract (0.1% w/v) as nitrogen source. Th...

The mechanism of RNAi is well described in metazoans where it plays a role in diverse cellular functions. However, although different classes of endogenous small RNAs (esRNAs) have been identified in fungi, their biological roles are poorly described due, in part, to the lack of phenotype of mutants affected in the biogenesis of these esRNAs. Argonaute proteins are one of the key components of ...

This study demonstrates the potential of the oleaginous fungus Mucor circinelloides for synthesizing oil rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids when cultivated in thin stillage (TS) and centrifuged thin stillage (CTS) from corn-to-ethanol production. Biomass yield, oil yield and its EPA content were studied at different cultivation periods and carbon to nitrogen ratios. The fungal biomass yield (g...