This is a study of high-affinity glucose uptake in Aspergillus niger and the effect of disruption of a high-affinity monosaccharide-transporter gene, mstA. The substrate saturation constant (K(s)) of a reference strain was about 15 microM in glucose-limited chemostat culture. Disruption of mstA resulted in a two- to fivefold reduction in affinity for glucose and led to expression of a low-affin...

R E ~ N , E. REYES and J. RUfZ-HERRERA Genus Candida. By A. LETH BAK and A. STENDERUP BRAITH and J. E. SMITH . By B. L. BRADY . LIPPINCOTT and B. B. LIPPINCOTT . Influence of Oxygen on Maltose Metabolism by Mucor rouxii. By A. FLORES-CARDeoxyribonucleic Acid Homology in Yeasts. Genetic Relatedness within the Sporulation of Aspergillus niger in Submerged Liquid Culture. By J. C. GALThe Acylamide...

BACKGROUND The amino acid derivative 3,4-dihydroxy L-phenylalanine (L-dopa) is gaining interest as a drug of choice for Parkinson's disease. Aspergillus oryzae is commonly used for L-dopa production; however, a slower growth rate and relatively lower tyrosinase activity of mycelia have led to an increasing interest in exploiting alternative fungal cultures. In the present investigation, we repo...

For the catabolism of D-glucuronate, different pathways are used by different life forms. The pathways in bacteria and animals are established, however, a fungal pathway has not been described. In this communication, we describe an enzyme that is essential for D-glucuronate catabolism in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger. The enzyme has an NADH dependent 2-keto-L-gulonate reductase activ...

The present study focus on biosynthesis of stable silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and zinc oxide (ZnO NPs) from the leaf stem extract a therapeutic plant Carissa opaca. visual observation, Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Inductively Coupled Plasma analysis (ICP), High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM), Scanning Microscopy-Energy Dispersive (SEM-EDS) were used to...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of photocatalytic ionisation as a disinfection method for filter materials contaminated by microorganisms, and to assess how air relative humidity (RH), time and microbe type influence the effectiveness of this disinfection. In the quantitative analysis of a used car air filter, bacterial contamination equalled 1.2 x 10(5) cfu/cm2, fu...

Lipase biosynthesis optimization, Aspergillus niger ADM 110, Gamma radiation Objectives: The present study describes the isolation, identification and screening of fugal isolates for the biosynthesis of extracellular lipase enzyme. Methodology: Thirteen fungal cultures were isolated from cotton seeds, waste cake of cotton seed oil and spent bleaching earth, samples by serial dilution method. Al...

We present the Tamajaq language and the dictionary we used as main linguistic resource in the two first parts. The third part details the complex morphology of this language. In the part 4 we describe the conversion of the dictionary into electronic form, the inflectional rules we wrote and their implementation in the Nooj software. Finally we present a plan for our future work. 1. The Tamajaq ...

The present study explores the association of Aspergillus niger with stored raw and powdered ingredients of Triphala Churn, which is a 1:1:1 proportional combination of Emblica officinalis Gaertn. (Amla), Terminalia bellerica (Gaertn.) Roxb. (Baheda), and Terminalia chebula Retz. (Harada) respectively. Total 106 stored fruits and 68 powdered samples of E. officinalis, T. bellerica and T. chebul...

The aim of the present work was focused on the cellulase production by Aspergillus niger using different substrates (i.e) rice bran, wheat bran, black gram bran, coconut oil cake, groundnut oil cake, and gingely oil cake. Solid state fermentation holds tremendous potentials for the production of the enzyme cellulase by Aspergillus niger. These agro industrial residues are cheap raw materials fo...