scholarly journals Production of Pigments by Filamentous Fungi Cultured on Agro-Industrial by-Products Using Submerged and Solid-State Fermentation Methods

Fermentation ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 295
Author(s):  
Tumisi Beiri Jeremiah Molelekoa ◽  
Thierry Regnier ◽  
Laura Suzanne da Silva ◽  
Wilma Augustyn

The food and pharmaceutical industries are searching for natural colour alternatives as required by consumers. Over the last decades, fungi have emerged as producers of natural pigments. In this paper, five filamentous fungi; Penicillium multicolour, P. canescens, P. herquie, Talaromyces verruculosus and Fusarium solani isolated from soil and producing orange, green, yellow, red and brown pigments, respectively, when cultured on a mixture of green waste and whey were tested. The culture media with varying pH (4.0, 7.0 and 9.0) were incubated at 25 °C for 14 days under submerged and solid-state fermentation conditions. Optimal conditions for pigment production were recorded at pH 7.0 and 9.0 while lower biomass and pigment intensities were observed at pH 4.0. The mycelial biomass and pigment intensities were significantly higher for solid-state fermentation (0.06–2.50 g/L and 3.78–4.00 AU) compared to submerged fermentation (0.220–0.470 g/L and 0.295–3.466 AU). The pigment intensities were corroborated by lower L* values with increasing pH. The λmax values for the pigments were all in the UV region. Finally, this study demonstrated the feasibility of pigment production using green waste:whey cocktails (3:2). For higher biomass and intense pigment production, solid-state fermentation may be a possible strategy for scaling up in manufacturing industries.

2021 ◽  
pp. 100926
Author(s):  
Luis O. Cano y Postigo ◽  
Daniel A. Jacobo-Velázquez ◽  
Daniel Guajardo-Flores ◽  
Luis Eduardo Garcia Amezquita ◽  
Tomás García-Cayuela

2015 ◽  
Vol 176 (1) ◽  
pp. 317-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Pérez-Rodríguez ◽  
F. Oliveira ◽  
B. Pérez-Bibbins ◽  
I. Belo ◽  
A. Torrado Agrasar ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-77
Author(s):  
Rosa Dorta-Vásquez ◽  
Oscar Valbuena ◽  
Domenico Pavone-Maniscalco

Abstract Paper production generates large quantities of a solid waste known as papermaking sludge (PS), which needs to be handled properly for final disposal. The high amount of this byproduct creates expensive economical costs and induces environmental and ecological risks. Therefore, it is necessary to search uses for PS, in order to reduce the negative environmental impact and to generate a more valuable byproduct. Due to the cellulolytic composition of PS, this work evaluated a solid state fermentation process using it as substrate to obtain spores of the fungus Trichoderma asperellum. Optimal conditions to obtain T. asperellum spores were: 60% water content, 3% (w/w) salts (Nutrisol P® and Nutrisol K®), inoculum concentration at 1x105 spores/g, and pasteurized or sterilized PS. Under these conditions it was possible to obtain 2.37x109 spores/g. T. asperellum spores applied directly to pepper (Capsicum anuum) seeds without PS increased significantly seedling dry mass in greenhouse assays. This work suggests an alternative, economic and abundant substrate for production of T. asperellum spores.


2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 653-660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuella Schneider ◽  
Gabriela F Zimmer ◽  
Ezequiel B Cremonese ◽  
Rosana de C de S Schneider ◽  
Valeriano A Corbellini

LWT ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 280-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samia Azabou ◽  
Yousra Abid ◽  
Haifa Sebii ◽  
Imene Felfoul ◽  
Ali Gargouri ◽  
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