%0 Journal Article %J Bioresources %D 2010 %T Production of single cell protein, essential amino acids, and xylanase by penicillium janthinellum %A Rao, Mala %A Varma, Anjanikumar %A Deshmukh, Sumedha S. %K Bagasse hydrolysate %K Crude protein %K Microbial biomass production %K Penicillium janthinellum %K Xylanase %X

Microbial biomass having 46% crude protein content and enriched with essential amino acids as well as extracellular xylanase activity (100-150 IU/ml) was produced by an efficient fungal strain, Penicillium janthinellum (NCIM St-F-3b). Optimization studies for maximum xylanase and biomass production showed that the fungus required a simple medium containing bagasse hemicellulose as carbon source and ammonium sulphate as the nitrogen source. Therefore bagasse, which is a waste product of the sugar industry, can be efficiently used in microbioal biomass protein preparation for animal feed.

%B Bioresources %I NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV DEPT WOOD & PAPER SCI %C CAMPUS BOX 8005, RALEIGH, NC 27695-8005 USA %V 5 %P 2470-2477 %8 OCT %G eng %N 4 %3

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