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Ten strains ofAspergillus niger and one strain ofA. awamori showed proteolytic activity and amylolytic and cellulolytic activities were observed in all the strains except inA. niger isolated from rice grains.Aspergillus awamori was shown to be the best producer of amylolytic enzymes but poorest for cellulases. All the strains were shown to be good producers of proteolytic enzymes while the strain from rubber wood seemed to be the best cellulase-producing strain. Both single conidium and hyphal tip inoculation techniques gave similar results. Differences in the levels of extracellular enzymes produced by similar strains were also observed using the two different techniques.
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Dix souches d'Aspergillusniger et une d'A.awamori ont été étudiées. Toutes ces souches ont une activité protéolytique et toutes, sauf une souche d'A.niger isolée à partir de grains de riz, ont des activités amylolytiques et cellulolytiques. Il a été constaté qu'Aawamori est le meilleur producteur d'enzymes amylolytiques, mais le moins bon producteur de cellulases. Toutes les sourches sont bonnes productrices d'enzymes protéolytiques, et celle provenant d'un arbre à caoutchouc est la meilleure productrice de cellulase. Les techniques d'inoculation avec une conidie unique ou avec une extrémité d'hyphe donnent des résultats similaires. Les différences de niveau des enzymes exo-cellulaires produits par des souches similaires ont également été observées avec ces deux techniques différentes.
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Se han aislado diez cepas deAspergillus niger y una deA. awamori que presentan buena actividad proteolítica. Todas las cepas, excepto una deA. niger, aislado de granos de arroz, mostraron, además actividades amilolíticas y celulolíticas. Los mejores productores de enzimas celulolíticas y amilolíticos parecen ser, respectivamente, la cepa deA. niger aislada de madera de caucho yA. awamori. Aspergillus awamori es, sin embargo, el peor productor de celulasas. Se han usado dos técnicas de inoculación, a partir de una solo conidio o bien a partir de un trozo de hifa, obteniéndose resultados comparables. Utilizando estas mismas técnicas se han observado variaciones en las cantidades de enzimas excretados por cepas semejantes.
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Lim, G., Khew, E. & Yeoh, H.H. Extracellular enzymes of some black aspergilli in Singapore. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 1, 55–61 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01748154
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