Utilization of agro-industrial waste for β-galactosidase production under solid state fermentation using halotolerant Aspergillus tubingensis GR1 isolate.

ABSTRACT: A halotolerant fungal isolate Aspergillus tubingensis GR1 was isolated from the man-made solar saltern located at Khambhat, Gujarat, India, and identified using 28S rDNA partial genome sequencing. This isolate was studied for β-galactosidase production under solid state fermentation using wheat bran and deproteinized acid cheese whey. The influence of various agro-industrial wastes, nitrogen source and other growth conditions on β-galactosidase production was investigated using 'one-factor-at-a-time' approach. Among various variables screened along with wheat bran and deproteinized acid cheese whey as major growth substrate, corn steep liquor and MgSO₄ were found to be most significant. The optimum concentrations of these significant parameters were determined employing the resp

SUBMITTER: Raol GG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4522723 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature