Influence of carbon, nitrogen and Phosphorous sources on glucoamylase production by aspergillusawamori in solid state fermentation
Bertolin, Telma Elita; Schmidell, Willibaldo; Maiorano, Alfredo Eduardo; Casara, Janice; Costa, Jorge Alberto Vieira
Abstract:
It was the objective of the present study to increase the production of glucoamylase by Aspergillus awamori through solid state fermentation, using wheat bran as the main carbon source and (NH4)2SO4, urea, KH2PO4, glucose, maltose and starch as additional nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon sources. The production of glucoamylase is strongly influenced by N and C sources. A 100% increase was observed when the (NH4)2SO4 was replaced by urea, with C/N = 4.8, using maltose as the additional carbon source. C/P ratios in a range of 5.1 to 28.7 did not induce glucoamylase production under the studied conditions.