title: Enhanced production of verbenol, a highly valued food flavourant, by an intergeneric fusant strain of Aspergillus niger and Penicillium digitatum.
abstract: An intergeneric hybrid, obtained from Aspergillus niger and Penicillium digitatum, biotransformed (-)-cis-alpha-pinene (5 mg/25 ml) into (-)-cis-verbenol (60%; 1.08 mg/g of biomass) in 6 h compared with 0.18 mg/g of biomass for verbenol (10-15%; 0.18-0.27 mg/g of biomass) in the initial parent cultures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Microbiology, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, India.
authors.forename: Smitha C V
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Rati
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Renu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Agrawal
mesh_terms: D001234:Aspergillus niger / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D000081008:Bicyclic Monoterpenes; D005421:Flavoring Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D005818:Genetic Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D039821:Monoterpenes / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010407:Penicillium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000081008:Bicyclic Monoterpenes; D005421:Flavoring Agents; D039821:Monoterpenes; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C009951:verbenol