Enhanced Saccharfication of Pomegranate Peel by Trichoderma Reesei and Statiscal Optimization of Medium Composition by Response Surface Methodology
Abstract In this work, pomegranate peels (PPs) otherwise considered as waste is used as substrates for producing cellulase. Pomegranate peel was employed as a carbon source to be produced of cellulase in submerged state fermentation (SmF). Statistical experimental designs were employed to screen the nutrients and optimize the media composition for cellulase production by Trichoderma reesei. Nine nutrients were selected by the preliminary screening of medium component production by plackett –burman design (PBD) technique. Four nutrients have been found to be important for cellulase production and optimized by central component design (CCD). The best media component for submerged fermentation of cellulase using pomegranate peel were avicel– 24.812 g/l, KH2PO4 – 4.626 g/l, soybean cake flour – 20.7 g/l and MnSO4.H2O-1.036 g/l. Under these optimum conditions, the production of cellulase was found to be 9.3 IU/mL. The optimum factors acquired from the statistical model were further confirmed using the experimental results.