title: Growth and enzyme production by three Penicillium species on monosaccharides.
abstract: The growth and preference for utilisation of various sugar by the Penicillium species Penicillium pinophilum IBT 4186, Penicillium persicinum IBT 13226 and Penicillium brasilianum IBT 20888 was studied in batch cultivations using various monosaccharides as carbon source, either alone or in mixtures. P. pinophilum IBT 4186 and P. persicinum IBT 13226 had a micro(max) around 0.08-0.09 h(-1) using either glucose or xylose as carbon source. The micro(max) of P. brasilianum IBT 20888 was 0.16 and 0.14 h(-1) on glucose and xylose, respectively. Glucose was found to exert repression on the catabolism of mannose, galactose, xylose and arabinose. The three species were able to utilise all the tested monosaccharides, but arabinose was only slowly metabolised. Glucose was also found to repress the production of endoglucanases, endoxylanases and beta-xylosidases. After glucose depletion, the fungi started producing beta-glucosidase and endoglucanases. Xylose did not repress the enzyme production and it induced the production of endoxylanases and beta-xylosidases.
authors.affiliation: Center for Process Biotechnology, BioCentrum-DTU, Technical University of Denmark, Building 223, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
authors.forename: Henning
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jørgensen
authors.forename: Astrid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mørkeberg
authors.forename: Kristian B R
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Krogh
authors.forename: Lisbeth
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Olsson
mesh_terms: D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal / Q000502:physiology*; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D009005:Monosaccharides / Q000378:metabolism*; D010407:Penicillium / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000254:growth & development*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D009005:Monosaccharides; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases