Studies on Immobilized Spores of Aspergillus Fumigatus

Authors

  • Ratnasri P. V  Department of Microbiology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam-530 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Hemalatha K. P. J  Department of Microbiology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam-530 003, Andhra Pradesh, India

Keywords:

Aspergillus Fumigatus, Immobilization of Spores, Sodium Alginate, Repeated Cycles, Amylase Activity.

Abstract

In this present study, the effect of immobilized spores of Aspergillus fumigatus (MTCC NO. 1399) on amylase production was investigated on four different matrices like agar agar, agarose, sodium alginate and k-Carrageenan. Amylase activity was found to be increased by 11.4% with sodium alginate at 72hrs of incubation when compared with the free spores. The 3rd repeated cycle of immobilized spores of A.fumigatus showed (283±34U/ml) amylase activity and increase percent of amylase activity was 45% when compared to initial amylase activity. The amylase production was decreased for further usage.

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2015-08-30

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Ratnasri P. V, Hemalatha K. P. J, " Studies on Immobilized Spores of Aspergillus Fumigatus, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 1, Issue 4, pp.396-400, July-August-2015.