Three important strains of Mucorcircinelloides grown in complete and minimal media for specified period (72 h, 120 h and 168 h) under submerged fermentation conditions were investigated for their potential antioxidants/secondary metabolite production. All mycelial extracts demonstrated effective antioxidant activities in terms of β-carotene/linoleic acid bleaching, radical scavenging, reduction...

Objective: To isolate, evaluate and characterize the potential bioactive compound producing actinomycetes from soil sample of different location of Gwalior. Method: A total of 11 strains of actinomycetes were isolated from soil collected from different location of Gwalior. The isolates were characterized by using morphological and biochemical methods. 11 isolates were identified and subjected t...

A new species of Bacillus licheniformis produced extracellular xylanase under submerged fermentation when wheat bran is used as carbon source. The xylan is the most common hemicellulosic polysaccharide in food industry and agricultural wastes, comprising a backbone of xylose residues linked by β-1,4 glycosidic bonds. Bacillus licheniformis has been shown to be a promising organism for enhanced ...

The production of neomycin by the actinomycete Streptomyces fradiae, under semi-solid-state fermentation conditions was the main subject of this study. Two supports (nylon sponge and orange peelings) were tested in order to determine the most suitable one for the production of neomycin by the above-mentioned microorganism. Nylon sponge led to the highest neomycin production, reaching a maximum ...

The effect of fermentation parameters and medium composition on the simultaneous mycelial growth and exo-polymer production from submerged cultures of Ganoderma applanatum was investigated in shake-flask cultures. The optimum initial pH for mycelial growth and exo-polymer production was 5.0 and 6.0, respectively. The optimum temperature was 25℃ and the optimum inoculum content was 3.0% (v/v). T...

During recent years many new and extended uses have been developed for fungal enzymes. Prominent among these are applications in the fields of food manufacturing, textile processing, and in the manufacture of malt beverages and industrial alcohol. Although certain microorganisms are capable of elaborating amylases when grown under submerged conditions either aerobically (Waldmann, 1942) or anae...

In the present study, 110 fungal strains of Persian Type Culture Collection (PTCC) including some selected strains isolated in various screening projects were tested for their potentiality to produce lovastatin, a competitive inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase (HMG-CoA reduc-tase), the rate-limiting enzyme of cholesterol biosynthesis. The fungal strains were cultivated in a t...

A preliminary evaluation of transcriptional gene expression in Aspergillus niger ATCC 10864 biofilms developed on polyester cloth was carried out. The expression analysis of genes encoding some lignocellulolytic enzymes and some regulatory genes by means of RT-PCR showed that eng1, eglC, exo, eglA, eglB and xynB genes are differentially expressed in biofilm fermentation either time-related or t...

In the present study a strain of Bacillus subtilis-BS05 was grown in submerged fermentation of agricultural wastes for xylanolytic activity. Various agricultural wastes such as sugarcane bagasse, wheat straw, rice husk, soybean meal, corn cobs and wheat bran were evaluated for xylanolytic acitivity using different media (M-I, M-II, M-III & M-IV). Among all these tested substrates maximum xylano...