Aspergillus ochraceus, a thermotolerant fungus isolated in Brazil from decomposing materials, produced an extracellular b-xylosidase that was purified using DEAE-cellulose ion exchange chromatography, Sephadex G-100 and Biogel P-60 gel filtration. b-xylosidase is a glycoprotein (39 % carbohydrate content) and has a molecular mass of 137 kDa by SDS-PAGE, with optimal temperature and pH at 70 C and 3.0–5.5, respe...
The xylanase biosynthesis is induced by its substrate—xylan. The high xylan content in some wastes such as wheat residues (wheat bran and wheat straw) makes them accessible and cheap sources of inducers to be mainly applied in great volumes of fermentation, such as those of industrial bioreactors. Thus, in this work, the main proposal was incorporated in the nutrient medium wheat straw particles decomposed to s...
Agroindustrial residues are materials often rich in cellulose and hemicellulose. The use of these substrates for the microbial production of enzymes of industrial interest is mainly due to their high availability associated with their low cost. In this work, corncob (CCs) particles decomposed to soluble compounds (liquor) were incorporated in the microbial growth medium through autohydrolysis, as a strategy to ...
Fungi producing high xylanase levels have attracted considerable attention because of their potential industrial applications. Batch cultivations of Aspergillus terricola fungus were evaluated in stirred tank and airlift bioreactors, by using wheat bran particles suspended in the cultivation medium as substrate for xylanase and b-xylosidase production. In the stirred tank bioreactor, in physical conditions of 3...
Research into microbial xylanases production has increased due to its several applications. In this context, studies that make this practice feasible are important. Wheat bran is an inexpensive byproduct, which contains around 28% hemicellulose; however, the wheat bran particles suspended in the cultivation medium have to be decomposed to soluble compounds to be used by the fungi and the treatment of lignocellu...
Agro-industrial residues are lignocellulosic materials with a high content of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. If such residues can be produced in bioprocesses (e.g. xylanase production) there is an attractive possibility of their integral use in biotechnological processes. In general, xylanase biosynthesis is induced by its substrate – xylan, but the high xylan content of some wastes such as corn cobs and ...
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