• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.204-208
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• 1993

A fully automatic image analysis method was applied to obtain detailed data on morphological parameters of a glucoamylase fermentation broth with Aspergillus niger No. PFST-38. a mutant strain for glucoamylase hyperproducer. In the initial stage of fermentation. there was an increase in hyphal length. whereas at the end of the fermentation a decrease in hyphal length and increase in hyphal thickness were observed. The percentage of clumps declined with dilution and the influence of shear stress upon hyphal length was negligible. It was found that the slower the decrease in the main hyphal length and the number of tips with the fermentation time. the higher the glucoamylase production rate was recorded. The production rate of glucoamylase was closely related to the increase in the hyphal thickness.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.209-213
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• 1993

The flow behavior of the mycelial broth of glucoamylase hyperproducer Asp. niger No. PFST-38 for the production of glucoamylase were studied. The mycelial broth followed Bingham-pseudoplastic flow model described by Herschel-Bulkley equation. The yield stress increased with the increase in mycelial concentration. The dependency of the consistency index and the flow behavior index on the mycelial concentration could be expressed by a linear relationship. The consistency index increased proportionally with the mycelial concentration while the flow behavior index decreased with the increase in mycelial concentration. The flow property of the broth was related to the morphological data obtain in the previous study. The changes in apparent viscosity of the broth could be expressed as a function of the hyphal thickness as shown below.

• Mycobiology
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.74-78
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• 2004

An alkaline protease produced by Aspergillus niger C-15 was purified and characterized. The enzyme was purified 19.41-fold with a specific activity of 74150 U/mg and a recovery of 34.4% by gel filtration and ion exchange chromatography. The molecular weight of the enzyme was estimated to be 34 kDa. The optimum pH and temperature for the protease activity were pH 8.0 and $60^{\circ}C$, respectively. The enzyme activity inhibited by EDTA suggests that the preparation contains a metalloprotease. The enzyme activity of the metalloprotease was completely inhibited by 5 mM $HgCl_2$ and $FeCl_3$, while partially inhibited by $CuSO_4$, and $MnCl_2$. When polyols such as glycerol, mannitol, sorbitol and xylitol, were added to the reaction medium, most polyols tested enhanced protease activity. Especially, glycerol showed the highest effect. The alkaline metalloprotease was stable at high temperature and retained more than 90% of the initial activity at $60^{\circ}C$ and 86.4% under addition of glycerol.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Health Society Conference
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.106-110
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• 2003

The study was carried out immobilized Aspergillus niger used of milk-wastewater. The purpose of investigation is to optimize the ermentational conditions of milk-wastewater The optimal pH, temperature and dilution rate were 3.0, 30$^{\circ}C$ and 0.025 h$\^$-1/. The maximum amount and yield of citric acid produced by immobilizes Aspergillus niger ATCC 9142 were 4.5g/1 and 70.3%. Compared to shake-flask culture, yield was increased about 20%.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.1-8
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• 1987

The effects of Aspergillus niger H-18(AN) and A.fumigatus E-29(AF) on the deterioration of test materials were examined. 1. When the fungi were inoculated to the cotton fibers placed on Czapeck agar, malt extract agar, and potato agar, they grew best on potato agar which in that context was chosen as a basal medium for deterioration studies. The tensile strength of ontton fiber on which AN was grown for 30 days decreased by 33.9% with a concommitant increase in elongation by 43.1%. 2. Cotton fabric lost the weight by 1.35%, when inoculated with AN while it lost the weight by 0.86% when inoculated with AF. 3. When AN and AF were inoculated separately on cotton fibers, tensile strength decreased by 52.8% and 43.3%, respectively, with concommitant increases in elongation by 34.2% and 29.4%, respectively. 4. The cotton was damaged more severely by AN than AF, when they were observed by scanning electron microscope.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.429-433
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• 1990

Production and properties of invertase from. Aspergillus niger were investigated. Inuli and sucrose were best carbon source and yeast extract was most suitable for the production of the enzyme among tested carbon and nitrogen sources. The enzyme was maximally produced by cultivating the organism at medium of pH 4.5 and temperature of 3$0^{\circ}C$ The optimum pH and temperature for the enzyme activity were pH 5.0 and temperature of 5$0^{\circ}C$ respectively Among tested metal ions Hg2+ Cu2+ and Ag+ ions inhibited the enzyme activity drastically.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.51 no.4
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• pp.155-159
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• 2008

A local isolate of Aspergillus niger was cultivated under optimal growth conditions on wheat bran in solid state fermentation. Filter paperase from fermented bran was separately extracted with different solvents to test the recovery of the enzyme. Among solvents tested, distilled water served as the best leachate, thus the conditions were further optimized with distilled water. After two washes of fermented bran with distilled water for 1.5 h each under stationary conditions at 1 g wheat bran: 5 mL distilled water, the maximum recovery of 13.5 $Ug^{-1}$ of wheat bran was obtained.

• Mycobiology
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.128-130
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• 2006

The solid waste of sago industry using cassava was fermented by Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus terreus and Rhizopus stolonifer in solid state fermentation. Cassava waste contained 52 per cent starch and 2.9 per cent protein by dry weight. The amylase activity was maintained at a high level and the highest amylase activity was observed on the $8^{th}$ day in R. stolonifer mediated fermentation. R. stolonifer was more efficient than Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus terreus in bioconverting cassava waste into fungal protein (90.24 mg/g) by saccharifying 70% starch and releasing 44.5% reducing sugars in eight days of solid state fermentation.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.186-189
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• 2003

This study aims to develop an economic process for the treatment of industrial wastewater containing hydrogen peroxide by using catalase. Core process is characterized by two membranes; microfiltration membrane and ultrafiltration membrane with different molecular cut-offs. Optimum dilution ratio of Aspergillus niger molds 개 buffer solution is 1:5. The final recovery yield of the enzyme is over 90% using the process. The enzyme solution shows the optimum temperature of 4$0^{\circ}C$ and pH range of 5-8.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.9-15
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• 1981

damages of cotton cloth and characteristics of fabroid degradation were studied by Chaetomium globosum and Aspergillus niger which presupposed as powerful erosive fungi to cellulose fiber by means of tensile strength. The results obtained are as follows: 1. the growth(rate) of fungi in malt extract agar was superior to potato agar for two weeks. 2. Chaetomium globosum showed mostly severe damage t the cotton cloth in malt extract agar media at pH 4.5. 3. Tensile strength was reduced with time by Aspergillus niger-coenzyme and Chaetomium globosum-coenzyme reaction. In comparison with Chaetomium globosum and Aspergillus niger, the former weaken tensile strength about 15.8% and the latter enfeebled 10.0% after 124 hours. 4. after 30 days the breeding of fungi in pH 4.5 malt extract agar media, critical damage of cotton cloth was observe, I. e., 92.4% damage by chaetomium globosum and 74.9% lose by aspergillus nige respectively.