Fungi play a major role in the global carbon cycle because of their ability to utilize plant
biomass (polysaccharides, proteins, and lignin) as carbon source. Due to the complexity and …

Enzymes are versatile catalysts with a growing number of applications in biotechnology.
Their properties render them also attractive for waste/pollutant treatment processes and their …

Phosphorus (P) is a limiting factor of plant development due to its low availability in the soil.
The use of endophytic phosphate solubilizing bacteria as a more sustainable alternative to …

Extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) produced by the microorganisms provides
protection and stability to them when they are encased within biofilms. Heterogeneous …

Strain improvement through mutagenesis has remained an effective strategy for the cost-
effective production of industrially important enzymes. Here, we focused on random …

Polygalacturonase is a valuable biocatalyst for several industrial applications. Production of
polygalacturonase using the Aureobasidium pullulans stain isolated from Saharan soil of …

The production of pectinase by Aspergillus niger LB-02-SF was focused on a submerged
cultivation, before it was evaluated in a solid-state process. This study involved the creation …

One of the current challenges to produce second-generation ethanol is to obtain an efficient
enzyme complex for hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass. Genetic improvement of …

Aims: Utilization of fruit residues for pectinase production by two Aspergillus strains for
recognizing the effects of some factors during fermentation and describing enzyme …

Pectin is an acidic heteropolysaccharide, a natural high molecular weight compound
primarily found in higher plants. It consists of four major structural domains …