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Olive oil mill wastewater valorisation by fungi
Author(s) -
Crognale Silvia,
D'Annibale Alessandro,
Federici Federico,
Fenice Massimiliano,
Quaratino Daniele,
Petruccioli Maurizio
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of chemical technology and biotechnology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1097-4660
pISSN - 0268-2575
DOI - 10.1002/jctb.1564
Subject(s) - valorisation , wastewater , pulp and paper industry , value added , aspergillus niger , laccase , fermentation , acidogenesis , olive oil , microbiology and biotechnology , environmental science , food science , biology , waste management , environmental engineering , engineering , anaerobic digestion , enzyme , ecology , biochemistry , methane , economics , macroeconomics
This paper presents a brief survey of studies conducted at the Laboratory of Applied and Environmental Microbiology of the University of Tuscia on the possible biotechnological valorisation of olive mill wastewater (OMW) using fungi. Besides being a serious environmental problem, OMW might be a possible resource owing to the presence of added value products (e.g. antioxidants) and of simple and complex sugars as a basis for fermentation processes. To this end the technical feasibility of various fungal fermentative processes either to obtain products of high added value or to improve its agronomic use has been assessed. With regard to the former aspect the following cases of study are described: production of enzymes, such as lipase by Candida cylindracea NRRL Y‐17506, laccase and Mn‐dependent peroxidase by Panus tigrinus CBS 577.79 and pectinases by Cryptococcus albidus var. albidus IMAT 4735, and exopolysaccharide production by Botryosphaeria rhodina DABAC‐P82. As far as agronomic use of the waste is concerned, a process based on the acidogenic fungus Aspergillus niger NB2 and aimed at increasing the phosphorus content of OMW is also reported. Copyright © 2006 Society of Chemical Industry