Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (11): 207-213.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2015.11.027

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Comparative Study of Chitosan Degradation Enzymes from Aspergillus sp. in Solid-State and Liquid-State Fermentation

Yan Hejing, Shi Yue, Liu Chang   

  1. College of Food Science and Technology of Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology,Changli 066600
  • Received:2015-03-02 Online:2015-11-26 Published:2015-11-26

Abstract: Aspergillus sp. was cultured in solid and liquid fermentation condition respectively, enzyme production from which was studied. The results showed that solid-state fermentation produced more enzyme components than liquid state fermentation did. Enzyme preparation from solid state fermentation showed many kinds of hydrolytic enzyme activity like that of protease, cellulase, pectinase, amylase, lipase and hemcellulase beside to chitosan degradation activity, and enzyme preparation from liquid fermentation showed weak protease and cellulase activity beside to chitosan degradation activity. The optimal temperature for chitosan degradation of these two enzyme preparation was 45℃ and 40℃, and they showed high chitosan degradation activity at 40-55℃ and 35-40℃, respectively. Furthermore, the optimal pH of them was pH5.8 and pH5.2, and they showed high chitosan degradation activity at pH4.6-6.4 and pH4.6-5.8, respectively. These results indicated that Aspergillus sp. could produce different enzymes with different characteristics in solid and liquid state fermentation conditions. Thus solid state fermentation can be used to produce enzymes with chitosan degradation activities.

Key words: Aspergillus sp., solid-state fermentation, liquid-state fermentation, chitosan degradation enzymes