Open Access<b>Optimization of culture conditions for tannase production by <i>Aspergillus</i> sp. gm4 in solid state fermentation
Author(s) -
Patrícia Nirlane da Costa Souza,
Natália da Costa Maia,
Luís Henrique Souza Guimarães,
Mário Lúcio Vilela de Resende,
Patrícia Gomes Cardoso
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
acta scientiarum. biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.16
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1807-863X
pISSN - 1679-9283
DOI - 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v37i1.22731
Subject(s) - tannase , fermentation , solid state fermentation , food science , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , biochemistry , gallic acid , antioxidant
The production of tannase by Aspergillus sp. GM4 under solid-state fermentation (SSF) was investigated using different vegetables leaves such as mango, jamun, coffee and agricultural residues such as coffee husks, rice husks and wheat bran. Among substrates used jamun leaves yielded high tannase production. The Plackett-Burman design was conducted to evaluate the effects of 12 independent variables on the production of tannase under SSF using jamun leaves as substrate. Among these variables, incubation time, potassium nitrate and tannic acid had significant effects on enzyme production. The best incubation time was studied and others variables were optimized using the Central Composite Design. The best conditions for tannase production were: incubation time of 2 days; tannic acid 1.53% (w/w) and potassium nitrate 2.71% (w/w). After the optimization process, the tannase production increased 4.65-fold.Keywords: surface response methodology; enzyme; jamunTannase is an industrially important enzyme produced by a large number of microorganisms. This study analyzed the production of tannase by Aspergillus sp. GM4 under solid-state fermentation (SSF) using different vegetable leaves (mango, jamun and coffee) and agricultural residues (coffee husks, rice husks and wheat bran). Among the substrates used jamun leaves yielded high tannase production. The Plackett-Burman design was conducted to evaluate the effects of 12 independent variables on the production of tannase under SSF using jamun leaves as substrate. Among these variables, incubation time, potassium nitrate and tannic acid had significant effects on enzyme production. A lower incubation time was fixed and supplementation with potassium nitrate and tannic acid were optimized using the Central Composite Design. The best conditions for tannase production were: incubation time of 2 days; tannic acid at 1.53% (w w-1) and potassium nitrate at 2.71% (w w-1). After the optimization process, tannase production increased 4.65-fold, which showed that the statistical experimental design offers a practicable approach to the implementation of optimization of tannase production.