Among the various fungal strains screened for citric acid production, Aspergillus niger is known to produce considerable amounts of citric acid and other organic acids when cultivated in carbohydrate-rich medium of fermentation. A number of indigenous raw materials such as cane molasses and pumpkin have been carried out in present study for citric acid production by using gamma ray induced muta...

Representatives of the genus Aspergillus are opportunistic fungal pathogens. Their conidia can reach the alveoli by inhalation and can give rise to infections in immunocompromised individuals. Aspergillus fumigatus is the causal agent of invasive aspergillosis in nearly 90% of the cases. It is not yet well-established what makes this fungus more pathogenic than other aspergilli such as A. niger...

Effect of Sunflower Seed Meal Fermented with Aspergillus Niger and Saccharomyces Cerevisiae on Intestinal Morphology, Microbial Population, Some Digestive Parameters in Broiler Chicks

Dust was collected over a period of several weeks in 2007 from HEPA filters in the U.S. Laboratory Module of the International Space Station (ISS). The dust was returned on the Space Shuttle Atlantis, mixed, sieved and the DNA was extracted. Using a DNA-based method called mold-specific quantitative PCR (MSQPCR), 39 molds were measured in the dust. Potential opportunistic pathogens Aspergillus ...

Aspergillus section Nigri includes some of the most important species for biotechnology and its species are of widespread occurrence. During our surveys of various food products and tropical soil we isolated several aspergilli belonging to section Nigri. In this paper, four new sclerotium and/or ochratoxin A producing species belonging to this section are proposed. In addition, based on a polyp...

The possible use of cotton waste as a carbohydrate source of citric acid production by Aspergillus niger was examined. No citric acid was produced when A. niger was grown on cotton waste as a sole carbon source. In two-stage fermentations, however, mycelium obtained from surface cultures in cotton waste medium yielded more citric acid when transferred to sucrose-containing media than when direc...

Maintaining optimum quality and eliminating dates of contamination, cleanup and packaging to extend the shelf life is one of the country's priorities and policies. Edible coatings with vegetable oils are one way to prevent the growth of microorganisms. In this study, the influence of the coating with natural zein and chitosan polymers along with the essential oil of Roman anise on the microbial...

the removal of uranium and any other heavy metals from wastewater might be achieved via several chemical or physical treatment techniques. biosorption process has been considered as a potential alternative way to remove contaminants from industrial effluents. moreover the surface of biosorbent was characterized by sem. the biosorption characteristics of uranium (vi) on pretreated a. niger were ...

chromium is one of the major causes of environmental pollution. to remove heavy metal ions from water, microorganisms can be used. in this study, dead fungal biomass of aspergillus niger is used. the biomass was boiled in 0.5 n naoh solutions to increase the metal removal capacity of a.niger and was applied when the ph of wash solution was in the normal range. the optimum adsorption ph value ob...

Bioconversion of waste newspaper into fermentable sugars at different temperatures with Aspergillus niger cellulase concentrationsJ Boitumelo M Sibiya, J Pieter H van Wyk