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Year : 2014   |  Volume : 2  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 36-43

Studies on the utilisation of fruit peels for Pectinases production using different fungal species by solid state fermentation

The objectives of this study were identification and characterization of pectinase producing fungi for pectinase production using economical sources. Production of pectinases was carried out under solid state fermentation (SSF) of the cheaper substrates like fruit peel of orange, banana and pineapple. Three fungal species such as Aspergillus niger, Pencillium chrysogenum and Fusarium graminearum were selected for the SSF. The pectinases activity was measured by using enzymes assays such as Pectin Methyl Esterase (PME), Poly Methyl Galactouronase (PMG) and Pectin lyase (PL).The maximum pectinases production was produced by Aspergillus niger followed by F. Graminearum and P. Chrysogenum. Among the three enzymes assayed, PME was found to be higher than PMG and PL in all treatments. Thus the present study showed that the fungal strains Aspergillus niger is highly potential and useful for the production of pectinase.
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