Saccharification of pretreated sawdust by Aspergillus niger cellulase.
The efficiency of two methods of pretreatment (NaOH and H2O2) on lignocelluloses-saw dust, wheat straw, sugarcane bagasse and rice bran-was compared in the present study. Alkali treatment of lignocelluloses relatively removed more hemicelluloses and lignin leaving behind cellulose content in the residues than peroxide treatment. Crude cellulase of Aspergillus niger, produced on the pretreated sawdust with highest cellulose content, was further tested for the release of soluble and reducing sugars during the saccharification process of same pretreated saw dust. The saccharification process of the pretreated sawdust with enzyme was optimized for pH, temperature, and substrate concentration and proceeded optimally at pH of 5.0, 50 °C and 0.5 % pretreated sawdust. The rate of saccharification with crude enzyme of A. niger on alkali-treated sawdust was found to be maximum (23 %) as against 5.4 % on native sawdust under optimal conditions after 48 h. The present study indicates NaOH-treated sawdust as a potential raw material for both production of cellulase and saccharification in a large scale.
Department of Applied Microbiology, Sri Padmavathi Mahila University, Tirupati, AP, India.|Department of Microbiology, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, 515 003, AP, India.
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Department of Virology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, AP, India.|Department of Microbiology, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, 515 003, AP, India.
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Department of Microbiology, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, 515 003, AP, India.
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Ramanjaneyulu
Department of Microbiology, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, 515 003, AP, India.
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Department of Microbiology, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, 515 003, AP, India. rajasekharb64@gmail.com.
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Department of Applied Microbiology, Sri Padmavathi Mahila University, Tirupati, AP, India.
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Aspergillus niger; Cellulases; Lignocelluloses; Pretreatment; Sawdust