• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.50-58
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• 1996

Interspecific hybrids between Aspergillus oryzae var oryzae and A. nidulans 514 were obtained by nuclear transfer technique. Several autotrophic mutants isolated from conidiospores of the two strains were mutagenized with ultraviolet and N-methyl-N-nitrosoguanidine. Optimal conditions for formation of intergeneric hybrids were investigated. Frequencies of hybrid formation by nuclear transfer were $3{\times}10^{-5}{\sim}1{\times}10^{-5}$. From observation of genetic stability, conidial size, DNA content, and nuclear stain, it was suggested that their karyptypes are aneuploid. The hybrids showed 1.1~1.4 fold higher xylanase activities than parental strains did. The xylanase of Aspergiilus sp. TAVD514-3 was purified and some of it's enzymatc characteristics were investigated. The enzyme was purified about 85 fold with an overall yield of 17% from the culture medium by ammonium sulfate fractionation, Sephadex G-75 gel permeation chromatography, and CM-sephadex A-50 ion exchange chromatography. The purified enzyme functions optimally at pH 9.0 and 80$^{\circ}C$. The enzymatic activity was increased by the presence of $Mg^{2+}$ and $Mn^2$ ions.

• The Korean Journal of Mycology
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.154-160
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• 1989

The nuclear transfer technique was employed to obtain intraspecific hybrids in Aspergillus nidulans. Nuclei isolated from either a wild type or an auxotrophic mutant strain (FGSC 475) were transferred into the protoplasts of a recipient strain (FGSC 514). The frequency of hybrid formation (4.8% and 10.1 %, respectively) by nuclear transfer was higher than the frequency (0.6%) by protoplast fusion. Furthermore, most of the hybrids formed showed increased activity of some components of cellulase system, xylanase system, and mannanase. The hybrids were analyzed to be either diploid or aneuploid. These results suggest that nuclear transfer technique is more efficient the formation of intraspecific hybrids than protoplast fusion method and is useful for the improvement of Aspergillus strains.