• 하천과문화
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.52-57
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• 2008

• Mycobiology
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.160-165
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• 2002

Aspergillus niger has been used as a host to express many heterologous proteins. It has been known that the presence of an- abundant protease is a limiting factor to express a heterologous protein. The protease deficient mutant of A. niger was obtained using UV-irradiation. A total of $1{\times}10^5$ spores were irradiated with $10{\sim}20%$ survival dose of UV, 600 $J/m^2$ at 280 nm, and the resulting spores were screened on the casein-gelatin plates. Ten putative protease deficient mutants showing the reduced halo area around colonies were further analyzed to differentiate the protease deficient mutant from other mutant types. Among ten putative mutants, seven mutants showed significant growth defect on nutrient rich medium and two mutants appeared to be the secretory mutants, which resulted in the impaired secretion of extracellular proteins including proteases. A mutant $pro^--20$ showed reduced halo zone without any notable changes in growth rate. In addition, the starchdegrading and glucose oxidase activities in the culture filtrate of $pro^--20$ mutant showed the similar range as that of the parental strain, which suggested that the $pro^--20$ mutant ought to be the protease deficient mutant rather than a secretory mutant. The reduced proteolytic activity of the $pro^--20$ was demonstrated using SDS-fibrin zymography gel. The reduced extracellular proteolysis was quantified by casein degradation assay and, comparing with the parental strain, less than 30% residual extracellular protease activity was detected in the culture filtrate of the $pro^--20$ mutant. The bio-activity of an exogenously supplemented hGM-CSF(human Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor) in the culture filtrate of $pro^--20$ mutant was detected until eight times more diluted preparations than that of the parental strain.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제19권9호
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• pp.1314-1321
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• 2006

The objective of this work was to study the effect of mixed culture solid substrate fermentation of C. tropicalis ZD-3 with A. niger ZD-8 on detoxification of cottonseed meal (CSM), and to investigate the effect of fermentation period, proportion of CSM in substrate, sodium carbonate, minerals and heat treatment on the reduction of free gossypol levels during mixed culture solid substrate fermentation of CSM. Experiment 1: Three groups of disinfected CSM substrate were incubated for 48 h after inoculation with either of the fungi C. tropicalis ZD-3, A. niger ZD-8 or mixed culture (C. tropicalis ZD-3 with A. niger ZD-8). One non-inoculated group was used as the control. Levels of initial and final free gossypol (FG), CP and in vitro CP digestibility were assayed. The results indicated that mixed culture fermentation was far more effective than single strain fermentation, which not only had higher detoxification rate, but also had higher CP content and in vitro digestibility. Experiment 2: CSM substrates were treated according to experimental variables including fermentation period, proportion of CSM in substrate, sodium carbonate, minerals and heat treatment, Then, the treated CSM substrates were inoculated with mixed culture (C. tropicalis ZD-3 with A. niger ZD-8) and incubated at $30^{\circ}C$ for 36 h in a 95% relative humidity chamber. After fermentation ended, FG and CP content of fermented CSM substrate was assayed. The results showed that the appropriate fermentation period was 36 h, and the optimal proportion of CSM in substrate was 70%. Addition of sodium carbonate to CSM substrate was beneficial for fermentative detoxification. Heat treatment could facilitate fermentative detoxification, and supplementation with minerals was instrumental in reducing gossypol levels during mixed culture solid substrate fermentation of CSM.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제57권4호
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• pp.313-320
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• 2014

Black liquor (BL) is a by-product of rice straw pulping process. It is a low costs raw material for production value-adding proteins and enzymes, which has been paid more and more attention to reduce its environmental pollution. Mixed cultures of micelial fungi, Trichoderma reesei Northern Regional Research Laboratory (NRRL)11236, Trichoderma reesei NRRL 6165 and Aspergillus niger strains NRC 5A, NRC 7A, and NRC 9A were evaluated for their ability to produce xylanase using crude hemicellulose (CHC) prepared from BL and peat moss as an inert support under solid state fermentation (SSF). The most potent strains, A. niger NRC 9A (818.26 U/g CHC) and T. reesei NRRL 6165 ($100.9{\pm}57.14$ U/g CHC), were used in a mixed culture to enhance xylanase production by co-culturing under SSF. In the mixed culture, xylanase production ($1070.52{\pm}12.57$ U/g CHC) was nearly1.3 and 10.6-fold increases over the activities attained in their monocultures, A. niger NRC 9A and T. reesei NRRL 6165, respectively. Optimization of the culture parameters of the mixed culture SSF process, concentration of ammonium sulfate and corn steep liquor, CHC/peat moss ratio, inoculum size and ratios of the two strains, initial pH value, initial moisture content and incubation time, exhibited a significant increase ($2414.98{\pm}84.02$ U/g CHC) in xylanase production than before optimization.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.270-275
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• 1996

재조합 효모를 이용한 포도당산화효소의 대량생산 에 관한 기초연구를 실시하였다. 분비신호를 포함한 포도당산화효소 유전자는 Aspergillus niger로부터 polymerase chain reaction을 이용하여 클로닝한후 G GALl과 GALlO promoter를 이용하여 s. cerevi siae strain 2805에서 말현시킨 결과 GALl promoter를 사용한 형질전환체(yGOD1-l)에서 높은 효율 의 효소생성을 나타냈다. 플라스크 배양 결과 1% galactose를 포함한 YEP 배 지 에셔 최고 6 IU/mL 의 포도당산화효소를 생산하였으며 재조합 포도당산 화효소의 세포내 위치를 비교한 결과 A. niger와는 달리 발현된 효소가 80% 이상 배지로 분비됨을 확인하였다. 재조합 포도당산화효소의 열 안정성을 측정한 결과 표준품과 비교하여 $50^{\circ}C$까지 큰 차이를 보이지 않고 높은 활성을 유지하는 것으로 확인되었다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.320-325
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• 1997

이소말토올리고당의 생산에 사용되는 Aspergillus niger 유래의 TG의 고정화를 위해 여러가지 방법을 비교하여 고정화방법을 선정하였다. 이온결합과 흡착, entrapment, 공유결합과 금속이온을 이용한 결합 등을 이용하여 TG의 고정화를 시도하였다. TG의 고정화를 위해서는 수율면에서 우수하고(61.3%) 간편성도 있는 CNBr-activated sepharose 4B를 이용한 고정화 방법을 선정하였다. DEAE-sephadex를 이용한 이온결합에 의해서는 33.1%, Diaion HP-20를 이용한 흡착법에 의해서는 22.5%의 수율을 보였으나 CNBr-activated sepharose 4B를 이용한 고정화 방법에 비해 수율과 안정성이 낮아 제외하였다. Entrapment에 의한 고정화는 bead내의 확산저항으로 인해 최종산물의 생성에 불리한 것으로 판단되었고 magnesium silicate, silica gel, glass bead 등의 담체를 이용한 고정화방법은 낮은 수율로 인해, 금속이온을 이용한 경우 역시 낮은 수율과 장시간의 준비로 인해 고정화방법으로 부적당하다고 판단되었다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.79-84
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• 1988

대두(大豆)중에 존제하는 장내(腸內) 가스 발생인자인 raffinose와 stachyose의 제거에 이용될 수 있는 Aspergillus niger의 ${\alpha}$-galactosidase는 Czapeck-Dox 액체배지와 밀기울 배지에서 5일간 배양하였을 때 효소생성이 제일 높았다. Czapeck-Dox 액체배양에서 raffinose와 $NaNO_3$가 효소생산에 가장 효과적인 탄소원과 질소원으로 나타났으며 밀기울 배양에서는 질소원 또는 탄소원의 첨가효과가 없었다. 생성된 조효소(組酵素)용액의 작용 최적 pH는 4.0-5.0, 안정도 최적 pH는 3.5-6.5, 최적온도는 $40-50^{\circ}C$ 였다. 합성기질인 p-nitrophenyl-${\alpha}$-D-galactoside에 대한 Michaelis상수는 0.42mM, 최대반응속도는 152${\mu}moles$ substrate/min/kg (고체배지)이었다. $HgCl_2$는 강력한 비경쟁 저해제로 작용하였고 p-chloromercuribenzoate는 낮은 농도에서 경쟁 저해제로 작용하였다. 조효소 용액은 raffinose와 stachyose를 완전 분해하여 단당류 만을 생성하였다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.7-19
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• 1981

Aspergillus niger의 휴지균체법에 의한 glucose 로부터 gluconic acid 생산에 대해서 연구한 결과, gluconic acid 생산은 반응 pH, 온도, 기질농도, 통기조건, 금속 ions, 휴지균체의 보존상태 및 반응시간에 따라 크게 영향을 받았다. 휴지균체법에 의해서 glucose로부터 전환된 생성물질은 thin layer chromatography와 infrared spectrophotometer에 의해서 gluconic acid로 확인되었으며, glucose로부터 gluconic acid 생성반응에서는 $Mg^{++}$, S $n^{++}$의 첨가로 촉진효과를 보였으나, C $u^{++}$, H $g^{++}$, C$d^{++}$, A $g^{+}$ 및 Cyanide는 저해효과를 나타냈다. 휴지균체의 최적보존 조건으로는 0.05 M phosphate buffer(pH7.0)에서 -$25^{\circ}C$ 보존 시가제일 안정하였다. 휴지균체법에 의한 gluconic acid 생산은 발효법에 비해서 배양시간이 짧고 수율이 양호하고, 정제 시 회수가 간단할 뿐 아니라 균체의 반복사용이 가능하였다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.17-23
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• 2005

During the screening of xylanolytic enzymes from locally isolated fungi, one strain BCC14405, exhibited high enzyme activity with thermostability. This fugal strain was identified as Aspergillus cf. niger based on its morphological characteristics and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences. An enzyme with xylanolytic activity from BCC14405 was later purified and characterized. It was found to have a molecular mass of ca. 21 kDa, an optimal pH of 5.0, and an optimal temperature of $55^{\circ}C$. When tested using xylan from birchwood, it showed $K_m$ and $V_{max}$ values of 8.9 mg/ml and 11,100 U/mg, respectively. The enzyme was inhibited by $CuSO_4$, EDTA, and by $FeSO_4$. The homology of the 20-residue N-terminal protein sequence showed that the enzyme was an endo-1,4-$\beta$-xylanase. The full-length gene encoding endo-1,4-$\beta$-xylanase from BCC14405 was obtained by PCR amplification of its cDNA. The gene contained an open reading frame of 678 bp, encoding a 225 amino acid protein, which was identical to the endo-1,4-$\^{a}$-xylanase B previously identified in A. niger.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.145-154
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• 1982

토양에서 분리 동정된 Aspergillus niger KU K-04에 의한 glucose oxidase 생산을 최대화하기 위하여 효소생산에 미치는 배양조건 및 영양원에 대하여 연구하였던 바 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 효소생성을 위한 최적배양온도, 배지pH 및 배양시간은 각각 28~34$^{\circ}C$, 7.0~8.0 및 40 시간이었다. 2. 탄소원으로서는 포도당이 가장 양호하였으며 최적농도는 15% (w/v)이었다. 3. (NH$_4$)$_4$SO$_4$가 질색원으로서 가장 좋은 효소활성을 나타냈으며 효소생산을 위한 최적농도는 0.02%이었다. 4. 무기염으로서는 MgSO$_4$. 7$H_2O$ 및 KH$_2$PO$_4$를 각각 0.05%와 0.02%를 첨가했을 때 효소생산이 증가되었다.