Factors Influencing Fungal Degradation of Total Soluble Carbohydrates in Sugarcane-Pressmud under Solid- State Fermentation

Sandhya, Xavier and Lonsane, B. K. (1994) Factors Influencing Fungal Degradation of Total Soluble Carbohydrates in Sugarcane-Pressmud under Solid- State Fermentation. Process Biochemistry, 29. pp. 295-301.

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Abstract

Studies on the comparative abiliry of Idfungi isolatedfrom sugarcane-pressmud and stillage indicated the potential of Aspergillus flavus SX- I4 to degrade 585 and 877% of total soluble carbohydrates in moist sugarcane-pressmud medium in solid state fermentation at 2 and 14 days, respectively. An increase in the initial moisture content of the medium to 70% and adjustment of the initial pH to 72 improved the degradation at 14 days to 91.1 and 921% respectively. Enrichment of the medium with 1.8% ammonium sulphate reduced the fermentation time to 6 days to attain 932% degradation. An inoculum ratio of 6% further improved the degradation to 970% at 6 days. Kinetic studies ruled out the possibility of invertase deficiency being responsible for the non-utilization of about 3% sugars in the standardized system.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	fungi,sugarcane-pressmud, Aspergillus flavus, Ethanol production, byproduct, sugar industry.
Subjects:	600 Technology > 05 Chemical engineering > 04 Fermentation Technology 500 Natural Sciences and Mathematics > 07 Life Sciences > 04 Microbiology > 04 Fungi
Divisions:	Fermentation Technology and Bioengineering
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	17 Jun 2011 05:42
Last Modified:	28 Dec 2011 10:24
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/10126

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