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One hundred keratinophilic fungi belonging toAcremonium, Aphanoascus, Amauroascus, Botryotrichum, Chrysosporium, Ctenomyces, Gymnoascus, Malbranchea, Microsporum, Narashimella andVerticillium were tested for their potential to utilize hen feathers as keratinous waste.Acremonium sp. 2 andChrysosporium europae released 494.33 and 457.33 μg/ml protein from feathers respectively.Microsporum gypseum released 698.66 μg/ml protein from feathers. Some of these keratinophilic strains other thanMicrosporum may prove beneficial as tools for rapid utilization of not only feathers but other hard keratinous substrates and their end product may be of industrial importance.
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Parihar, P., Kushwaha, R.K.S. A survey of keratinophilic fungi as a tool for hen feather utilization. Mycoscience 41, 645–649 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02460932
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