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Production of mannan-degrading enzymes from Aspergillus niger and Sclerotium rolfsii using palm kernel cake as carbon source.


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Abd. Aziz, Suraini and Ab Razak, Nor Asma and Musa, Mohamed Hanafi and Hassan, Mohd Ali (2009) Production of mannan-degrading enzymes from Aspergillus niger and Sclerotium rolfsii using palm kernel cake as carbon source. Research Journal of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, 3 (2). pp. 251-256. ISSN 1819-3412

Abstract

The aim of this study is to produce and profile the mannan-degrading enzymes from local fungal isolates by submerged fermentation and saccharification of PKC. Results showed that Aspergillus niger and Sclerotium rolfsii can produce mannan-degrading enzymes. The fungi were grown in submerged fermentation of PKC to produce mannan-degrading enzymes. The highest alpha-galactosidase was obtained on day 13 of fermentation (0.128 U mL-1) when using A. niger and on day 18 (0.126 U mL-1) when using S. rolfsii. Analysis also showed that enzyme activities for beta-mannanase using S. rolfsii were the highest at day 17 (3.166 U mL-1) and for A. niger (2.482 U mL-1) at day 8. Meanwhile the highest beta-mannosidase were obtained at day 16 for A. niger (0.128 U mL-1) and for S. rolfsii at day 16 (0.116 U mL-1).


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.3923/rjes.2009.251.256
Publisher: Academic Journals Inc.
Keywords: Mannan-degrading enzymes; Aspergillus niger; Sclerotium rolfsii; Palm kernel cake (PKC); Carbon source.
Depositing User: Ms. Nida Hidayati Ghazali
Date Deposited: 12 Feb 2014 07:37
Last Modified: 26 Nov 2015 07:05
Altmetrics: http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.3923/rjes.2009.251.256
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16360
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