Strain improvement of Aspergillus sp. and Penicillium sp. by induced mutation for biotransformation of alpha-pinene to verbenol.

Agrawal, R. and Deepika, N. U. and Joseph, R. (1999) Strain improvement of Aspergillus sp. and Penicillium sp. by induced mutation for biotransformation of alpha-pinene to verbenol. Biotechnology and bioengineering, 63 (2). pp. 249-52. ISSN 0006-3592

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Abstract

Variants of Aspergillus sp. and Penicillium sp. obtained after treatment with colchicine, ethyl methanesulphonate (EMS), or ultraviolet (UV) irradiation indicated varying levels of significant increases in their efficiency to transform alpha-pinene to verbenol. In case of Aspergillus sp. the UV-induced variant was the best performer with a 15-fold increase in biotransformation efficiency compared to the wild type. In case of colchicine and EMS-induced variants the biotransformation increases were 2- and 8-fold, respectively. The UV-induced variant of Penicillium sp. was capable of eight fold increase in efficiency while the colchicine- and EMS-induced variants were 1.5- and 2-fold, respectively. The variants were characterised with respect to changes in colony morphology, spore dimension, DNA content, and products formed, viz. verbenol and verbenone.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	verbenol; mutant; Aspergillus; Penicillium
Subjects:	500 Natural Sciences and Mathematics > 07 Life Sciences > 04 Microbiology > 04 Fungi 600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 15 Flavour/Fragrance/Perfumes
Divisions:	Food Microbiology
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	19 Aug 2008 10:49
Last Modified:	22 May 2012 10:45
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/2199

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