Research Article120573-Fructofuranosidase and 120573 ndashD-Fructosyltransferasefrom New Aspergillus carbonarius PC-4 Strain Isolatedfrom Canned Peach Syrup Effect of Carbon and NitrogenSources on Enzyme Production
Gustavo Carvalho do Nascimento1 Ryhaacutera Dias Batista2
Claudia Cristina Auler do Amaral Santos3 Ezequiel Marcelino da Silva1
Fabr-cio Coutinho de Paula2 Danylo Bezerra Mendes 3
Deyla Paula de Oliveira4 and Alex Fernando de Almeida 5
1Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology Federal University of Tocantins Gurupi Tocantins Brazil2Graduate Program on Food Science and Technology Federal University of Tocantins Palmas Tocantins Brazil3Graduate Program on Biotechnology and Biodiversity of AmazonianndashBionorte Federal University of Tocantins Tocantins Brazil4Superintendencia de Desenvolvimento Cientıfico e Tecnologico Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Tocantins (FAPT)Tocantins Brazil
5Habite Biotechnology-Based Companies Incubator Federal University of Tocantins Gurupi Tocantins Brazil
Correspondence should be addressed to Alex Fernando de Almeida alexfernandouftedubr
Received 29 March 2018 Revised 16 November 2018 Accepted 2 December 2018 Published 8 January 2019
Academic Editor Maurizio Petruccioli
Copyright copy 2019 Gustavo Carvalho do Nascimento et al This is an open access article distributed under the Creative CommonsAttribution License which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work isproperly cited
120573-fructofuranosidase (invertase) and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (FTase) are enzymes used in industrial processes to hydrolyzesucrose aiming to produce inverted sugar syrup or fructooligosaccharides In this work a black Aspergillus sp PC-4 was selectedamong six filamentous fungi isolated from canned peach syrup which were initially screened for invertase production Cultivationswith pure carbon sources showed that invertase and FTase were produced from glucose and sucrose but high levels were alsoobtained from raffinose and inulin Pineapple crown was the best complex carbon source for invertase (671 UmL after 3 days ofcultivation) and FTase production (1460 UmL after 5 days of cultivation) Yeast extract and ammonium chloride nitrogen sourcesprovided higher production of invertase (680UmL and 630UmL respectively)whereas ammoniumnitrate and soybean proteinwere the best nitrogen sources for FTase production (2400 UmL and 2490 UmL respectively) Fermentation parameters forinvertase using yeast extract were 119884119875119878 = 53685 Ug and 119875P = 149 Ugh FTase production showed values of 119884119875119878 = 262793 Ugand 119875119875 = 44 Uh using soybean protein The screening for best culture conditions showed an increase of invertase productionvalues by 510-fold after 96 h cultivation compared to initial experiments (fungi bioprospection) while FTase production increasedby 1460-fold (4440UmL) after 168 h cultivationA carbonariusPC-4 is a newpromising strain for invertase andFTase productionfrom low cost carbon sources whose synthesized enzymes are suitable for the production of inverted sugar fructose syrups andfructooligosaccharides
1 Introduction
Invertases (1 2-120573-D-fructofuranosidase fructohydrolase EC32126) are members of the GH32 family of glycoside hydro-lases that catalyze the hydrolysis of 120572-14-glycosidic bonds
from nonreducing fructofuranoside terminal residues of 120573-fructofuranosides (sucrose) to give an equimolar mixtureof monosaccharide D-glucose and D-fructose called invertsugar [1ndash3] Aqueous solutions of both sucrose and glucoseare slightly dextrorotatory ie causing rotation of plane
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polarized light to right while the solution of fructose isstrongly levorotatory ie causing rotation of plane polar-ized light to left [4] Invertases are widely used in foodand beverage industries One of important applications ofinvertase is the production of noncrystallizable sugar syrup(invert sugar syrup) from sucrose Invert sugar is used as ahumectant in the manufacture of soft candies and fondants[5] Invertase can be also used when sucrose containingsubstrates are subjected to fermentation viz production ofalcoholic beverages lactic acid and glycerol Furthermoreinvertases are also used for the manufacture of artificialhoney plasticizing agents and fructooligosaccharides [5]
Fructosyltransferase (FTase EC 2419) hydrolyzes su-crose and transfer fructosyl group to a sucrose moleculeacceptor to generate fructooligosaccharides along with glu-cose and fructose which have a wide range of applicationsin food and pharmaceutical industries [6 7] Fructooligosac-charides can be obtained synthetically from agave fructansby acid-catalyzed hydrolysis although the formation offructooligosaccharides via enzymatic methods is preferreddue to high substrate specificity and selectivity of enzymescompared to chemical routes [8] Fructooligosaccharidesfrom sucrose are considered as new alternative sweetenerswith functional properties also called soluble fibres withseveral desirable characteristics such as low calories non-cariogenicity and safety for diabetics Fructooligosaccharidesare also known as prebiotics since they stimulate the growthof probiotic organisms [1] However fructosyltransferase andfructofuranosidase production is rather confusing differingfrom one source to another from one microorganism toanother and even from one strain to another [9] In additioninvertases exhibit transfructosylating activity at high sucroseconcentrations in order to release glucose and fructose fromsucrose Microbial invertases may catalyze the synthesis ofshort-chain fructooligosaccharides such as 1-kestose nystoseand fructofuranosyl nystose in which one to three fructosylmoieties are linked to the sucrose by different glycosidicbonds depending on the enzyme source [4 5]
Invertases can be found by wide range of organismsincluding plants animal bacteria yeasts and filamentousfungi Among filamentous fungi Aspergillus genus has beenextensively used to produce invertase under submerged andsolid-state cultivations and its mechanisms of enzyme pro-ductionhave also been investigatedAspergillus niger canpro-duce invertase in the presence of 120573-fructofuranoside sugarsdemonstrating that the synthesis of invertase is inducible [10]This strain produces invertase with only hydrolytic activityproducing equimolar amounts of fructose and glucose Onthe other hand the FTase produced by this strain showsexclusively fructosyl transfer reaction producing glucose 1-kestose nystose and fructofuranosyl nystose [9] Aspergillusflavus produced high yields of invertase under optimizedconditions in submerged cultures [11] Guimaraes et al [12]observed that Aspergillus ochraceus produced high levelsof a thermostable extracellular invertase when cultured inKhanna medium supplemented with sugarcane bagasse ascarbon source
Enzyme production requires long time of laboratorialexperiment to find the ideal conditions and cost-effectiveness
for microbial cultivation Submerged and solid-state cultiva-tions are commonly employed to enzyme production usingalternative substrates as an attempt to reduce bottlenecksinvolved in the initial steps of production eg high costs ofproductionusing high value-added substratesTheutilizationof renewable resources such as agroindustrial residues ascheap and readily available substrates for enzyme productionhas been a subject of intense research as an alternative forcost-effective enzyme production and waste management[2] Agroindustrial residues are generated in large amountsevery year and their usage for bioprocesses is particularlyinteresting due to their renewability low-cost and suitablecharacteristics which allow the production of different value-added metabolites [13] Giraldo et al [14] used agroindustrialbyproducts eg sugarcane bagasse oat meal cassava flourcorn cob soy bran and wheat bran for invertase productionunder submerged cultivation Their experiments demon-strated that agroindustrial residues provided the productionof higher levels of extracellular invertase by Paecilomycesvariotii Guimaraes et al [12] observed that highest levels ofextracellular invertase activity were obtained when Khannamedium was supplemented by sugar cane bagasse as carbonsource and the extracellular invertase activity comprised98 total enzyme activity (intracellular + extracellular) fromcultivation Oyedeji et al [2] reported that agroindustrialresidues are suitable substrates for microbial cultivationand consequent production of molecule of biotechnologicalinterest such as enzymes and other value-added chemicals
The aims of this work were to select an invertase-producing Aspergillus spp strain with high fructosyltrans-ferase activity from canned peach syrups under submergedcultivations Nutritional parameters such as pure and com-plex carbon sources and nitrogen sources were evaluatedto obtain high yield of enzymes Agroindustrial residueswere also evaluated as alternative substrates for enzymeproduction
2 Material and Methods
21 Microorganisms Filamentous fungi were isolated froma jar surface containing canned peach syrup Canned peachsyrup was obtained from local market Samples of cannedpeach syrup were maintained at 30∘C for five days Coloniesgrown on the surface of syrup were transferred to Petriplates containing potato dextrose agar (PDA) and incubatedat 30∘C for five days Isolated colonies were inoculated atthe center of the Petri dishes to ensure the purity of fungistrains Filamentous fungi preservation was conducted insterile distilled water [15] Dishes (approximately 5mm)containing small portion of culture medium mycelium andspores were aseptically transferred into 6mL sterile antibioticflasks which were added to 4mL sterile distilled water andsealed with rubber stopper Castellani flasks were kept at 4∘Cand the viability of strains was verified periodically every sixmonths
Fungi were isolated as monocultures on two media maltextract agar and potato dextrose agar Fungi were identifiedto genus level according to morphological structures [16ndash18]
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22 Inoculum Preparation Dishes containing mycelium andspores were aseptically inoculated in PDA plates and incu-bated at 30∘C for five days Filamentous fungi colonies weretransferred to PDA slants and incubated at 30∘C for fivedays The spore suspension was carried out using sterileNaCl 085 (wv) Culture media for screening of enzymeproduction were inoculated with 1mL of 106 sporesmLsuspension
23 Culture Conditions for Enzyme Production Filamentousfungi cultures were performed in Erlenmeyer flasks (125mL)containing 20mL of Vogel medium solution [19] A stockmedium 50-fold concentrated was prepared containing (gL)sodium citratelowast5H2O 150 KH2PO4 250 MgSO4lowast7H2O10 CaCl2lowast2H2O 5 trace elements solution 5mL stocksolution (gL) citric acidlowastH2O 50 ZnSO4lowast7H2O 50Fe(NH4)2(SO4)2lowast6H2O 10 CuSO4lowast5H2O 25 MnSO4lowastH2O 005 H3BO3 005 Na2MoO4lowast2H2O 005 biotin solu-tion (01mgmL) 5mL Chloroform (02mL) was addedas a preservative The solutions were maintained at 4∘CMedium preparation consisted of 50-fold dilution of stockmedium supplemented with carbon sources (1 wv) Yeastextract (02 wv) was used as nitrogen source The finalpH was adjusted to 60 Flasks containing culture mediawere sterilized in autoclave at 121∘C for 15min inoculatedwith spore suspension previously prepared and incubated inorbital shaker for 72 andor 120 hours at 28∘C 180 rpm
24 Crude Extract Preparation Biomass was separated fromfermentation broth by filtration (cellulose acetate membrane045120583m) and dried at 105∘C until constant weight Cell freebroth (crude extract) was used for enzyme activity assays
25 Bioprospecting of Filamentous Fungi Filamentous fungiwere screened for invertase production using Vogelrsquos mediumsupplemented with sucrose as sole carbon source (10 wv)and 02 (wv) yeast extract as nitrogen source The cultureswere carried out in Erlenmeyer flasks (125ml) containing20mLmedium and pHwas adjusted to 60The cultures wereincubated at 180 rpm and 28∘C for 120 hours All experimentswere performed in triplicate
26 Molecular Identification of Aspergillus sp PC-4 TotalDNA from filamentous fungal strains was extracted fromPDA growth medium using IllustraTM Nucleon PhytoPureplant and fungal DNA extraction kits (GE Healthcare Amer-sham England) DNA was quantified using NanoDrop 2000spectrophotometer (Thermo Scientific Uniscience Brazil)and then diluted to a concentration of 50 ng for polymerasechain reaction (PCR) using the primers ITS1 (51015840-TCCGTA-GGTGAACCTGCGG-31015840) and ITS4 (51015840-TCCTCCGCTTAT-TGATATGC-31015840) [20] Amplifications were performed onMastercycler nexus (Eppendorf) thermocycler using theGoTaq DNA Polymerase kit (Promega Madison-USA) withfinal reaction volume of 25120583LThereafter PCRproducts werechecked by 1 (w v) agarose gel electrophoresis [21] andvisualized under ultraviolet light on LPIX-EX photodocu-mentator (Loccus Biotechnology Sao Paulo Brazil) The 1 Kb
DNA Ladder (Promega Canada USA) was used as molecularweight marker The amplified products were purified withExonuclease I (ExoSap-IT) and Alkaline Phosphatase solu-tion (USB Corporation Austin-USA) followed by sequencingusing the same PCR primers on ABI 3500 xl automaticsequencer (Life Technologies) according to the Dideoxy orchain termination method [22] using the BigDye Terminatorv 31 sequencing kit (Life Technologies Foster city USA)Thisstage was carried out at the Laboratory of Polar Microbiologyand Tropical Connections of Federal University of MinasGerais (UFMG) and Laboratory of Cellular and Molec-ular Parasitology (LCPM) of Oswaldo Cruz Foundation-FiocruzRene Rachou Institute
27 Phylogenetic Analysis The sequence data were obtainedfrom NCBI Genbank database available under Aspergilluscarbonarius with accession no AJ876878 and were used forcomparisons with the 599 bp from our isolate Sequenceswith high query coverage and homology were selected forphylogenetic analysis using the neighbor-joining method[23] The sequences were aligned using software Clustal Wanalysis [24] and the phylogenetic analyses were performedusingMEGA 60 for neighbor-joining and bootstrap analysisSequence from this study was indicated in the tree bycollection code while GenBank sequences were indicated byaccession numbers
28 Effect of Pure and Complex Carbon Sources Pure carbonsources (fructose glucose raffinose cellulose cellobiose sor-bitol inulin sucrose maltose lactose and xylose) were usedas sole carbon sources Complex carbon sources (pineapplecrown sweet potato flour sugarcane bagasse corn cobcassava peel soybean peel soybean bran corn straw bacabapeel sorghum bran and wheat bran) were used as solecarbon sources which were previously washed with distilledwater dried until constant weight and sieved (18 mesh)The cultures were carried out in Erlenmeyer flasks (125ml)containing 20mL medium supplemented with 10 (wv)pure or complex carbon sources 02 (wv) yeast extract asnitrogen source and pH was adjusted to 60 The cultureswere incubated at 180 rpm and 28∘C for 72 h for invertaseproduction and 120 h for FTase production Cultures werecarried out in triplicate
29 Effect of Nitrogen Sources Nitrogen sources (ammo-nium nitrate ammonium chloride ammonium sulfate yeastextract peptone soybeanprotein and corn steep liquor)wereused as sole inorganic or organic sources The cultures wereprepared in Erlenmeyer flasks (125ml) containing 20mL ofmedium supplemented with 02 (wv) inorganic or organicsource individually 10 (wv) pineapple peel as carbonsource with pH adjusted to 60 The cultures were incubatedat 180 rpm and 28∘C for 72 h for invertase production and120 h for FTase production
210 Time-Course of Enzyme Production Time-course ofinvertase production was carried out in Erlenmeyer flasks(125mL) containing 20mL of Vogelrsquos medium supplemented
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with 1 pineapple peel 02 yeast extract and pH 60The cultures were incubated at 180 rpm and 28∘C for 120 hSamples were withdrawing each 12 h of cultivation
Time-course of FTase production was carried out inErlenmeyer flasks (125mL) containing 20mL of Vogelrsquosmedium supplemented with 1 pineapple peel 02 ammo-nium chloride and pH adjusted to 60 The cultures wereincubated at 180 rpm 28∘C for 240 hours Samples wereperiodically analyzed at intervals of 12 h cultivation
211 Biomass Characterization Total organic carbon was car-ried out by Walkley-Black method [25] Total carbohydratewas determined by differences amongmoisture gray proteinand lipid [26] Total nitrogen was determined by micro-Kjeldahl procedures [27]
212 Enzyme Assays Invertase activity was assayed bymeasuring the amount of reducing sugars from sucroseEight hundred microliter of sucrose (2 wv) diluted inMcIlvaine buffer solution pH 50 were dispensed into testtube and kept at 50∘C for 5min Then 200120583L of crudeextract were added to this reaction medium The reactionwas stopped in different time intervals (0 5 and 10min)by taking 200120583L reaction medium and dispensed intoanother test tube containing 200120583L of 35-dinitrosalicylicacid Reducing sugars were estimated colorimetrically with35-dinitrosalicylic acid [28] using fructose as standardsOne unit of enzymatic activity is defined as the amount ofenzyme that releases 1120583mol of reducing sugars perminute permilliliter
FTase activity was determined by incubating 100 120583Lculture filtrate with 400 120583L sucrose (20 wv in 01Msodium acetate buffer pH 50) at 50∘C for 1 h The reac-tion was stopped by boiling the mixture at 100∘C for10min FTase activity was estimated by adding 10120583L ofappropriately diluted reaction to 1ml test reagent (glu-cose oxidasendashperoxidase GOPOD kit Sigma) The glucosereleased was measured at 510 nm One unit of FTase wasdefined as the amount of enzyme required to produce 1 120583molof glucose per minute under assayed conditions
213 Fermentation Parameters Enzyme yield (Y unit ofenzymeg of carbon source) is
119884(119875119878) =119875119891 minus 1198750
1198780(1)
where 119875119891 is total enzyme produced after fermentation 1198750 istotal enzyme in initial fermentation 1198780 is substrate concen-tration in initial fermentation
Productivity assay (P unit of enzymetime of cultivation)is
119875119875 =119864119905119905
(2)
where 119864119905 is total enzyme produced after fermentation t istime of the fermentation process
214 Statistical Analysis The results were expressed as meanplusmn standard error of the mean and subjected to analysis ofvariance (ANOVA) followed by Tukey test
3 Results and Discussion
Initially filamentous fungi were isolated from canned peachsyrup and cultivated in submerged cultures containingsucrose as sole carbon source (Table 1) Among six isolatesidentified as Aspergillus sp and Penicillin sp the PC-4 strainpresented the highest invertase production (247 UmL)Fermentation parameters also demonstrated that Aspergillussp PC-4 can be a promising invertase producer whoseproduction yield from sucrose was 22230 Ug and theproductivity was 037 Uh The highest biomass productionwas observed for PC-6 (602 gL) followed by Aspergillus spPC-1 PC-2 PC-4 and PC-5 (572 gL 556 gL 554 gL and537 gL respectively) Aspergillus genus has been highlightedas an invertase producer under both submerged and solid-state cultivations [29] Veana et al [3] related invertase pro-duction by xerophilic A niger under submerged cultivationamong eight strains evaluated only A niger GH1 produced86UmL invertase after 48 h cultivation In the present studyPC-5 and PC-1 strains produced respectively 196 and 186UmL invertase followed by PC-6 PC-2 (130 UmL 123UmL respectively)
Penicillium sp PC-3 showed invertase production of 106UmL and production yield of 9520 Ug and productivityof 016 Uh Penicillium genus was also reported in theliterature as invertase producer and its enzyme has potentialfor the production of inverted sugar and fructooligosaccha-rides Poonawalla et al [30] related that maximum invertaseproduction by Penicillium chrysogenum was intracellularand maximum extracellular invertase was reached after cellautolysis On the other hand Penicillium purpurogenumPenicillium pinophilum and Penicillium citrinum producedextracellular invertase under submerged conditions fromsucrose as carbon source [3] Invertase from Penicilliumexpansum was also produced under submerged conditionsusing cells immobilized in synthetic fibers and polyurethanefoam with fructooligosaccharides production being simul-taneously evaluated along enzyme production with fruc-tooligosaccharides production of 1203 and 1048 gL respec-tively and high invertase activity (2301 UmL and 3242UmL respectively) [31]
For the next step of this work Aspergillus sp PC-4 wasselected to parametric optimization of culture medium for120573-fructofuranosidase and 120573 ndashD-fructosyltransferase produc-tion under submerged conditions Although low invertaseproduction values have been obtained from other screenedfungi it was clear that these fungal strains are potentialenzyme producers for food industry and their cultivationparameters demand future investigation
31 Molecular Identification of Aspergillus sp PC-4 Mo-lecular identification revealed that the isolated strainsshowed 100 sequence similarity with Aspergillus carbonar-ius (GeneBank accession no AJ876878) (Figure 1) There-fore the isolated strain was referred to in this work as
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Table1Filamentous
fung
istrains
morph
ologiesisolatedfro
mcann
edpeachsyrups
andinvertasep
rodu
ction
Filamentous
fung
iColon
ymorph
olog
yInvertasea
ctivity
Yps
PpBiom
ass
(Um
l)lowast(gL)
Aspergillus
spP
C-1
Colon
iesa
recompactyellowmycelium
whitewith
denselayer
ofblackconidiaheadsCon
idialh
eads
are
glob
osedark
brow
nCon
idiaareg
lobo
sedarkbrow
n18
6b16317
027
572
Aspergillus
spP
C-2
Colon
iesa
regranularw
hitemycelium
with
yello
w-green
conidiah
eadsC
onidialh
eads
arer
adiateC
onidiaare
glob
osepalegreen
123c
11090
018
556
Penicilliu
mspP
C-3
Colon
iesa
recompactw
hitemycelium
with
denselayer
ofgreenconidiaCon
idiaareh
yalin
eand
inlong
chain
glob
osegreenish
106c
9520
016
267
Aspergillus
spP
C-4
Colon
iesa
recompactyellowmycelium
with
denselayer
ofblackconidiaheadsCon
idialh
eads
areg
lobo
se
dark
brow
nCon
idiaareg
lobo
sedarkbrow
n247
a22230
037
554
Aspergillus
spP
C-5
Colon
iesa
reflo
ccosewhite-yellowmyceliumw
ithbrow
nconidiah
eadsC
onidialh
eads
arer
adiateC
onidia
ares
spheric
alpaleb
rown
196b
1518
2025
537
Aspergillus
spP
C-6
Colon
iesa
recompactw
hite-yellowmycelium
with
denselayer
ofblackconidiah
eadsC
onidialh
eads
are
glob
osedark
brow
nCon
idiaareg
lobo
sedarkbrow
n13
0c9728
016
602
Cultu
recond
ition
sCu
ltivatio
nwe
recarriedou
tat28∘C
180r
pmfor7
2ho
urslowastMeanvalues
with
thes
amelette
rdono
tstatisticallydifferfrom
each
otherb
ytheANOVA
Tukeytest(p
=005)
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Aspergillus_tubingensis_NR_131293_189
89
95
52
100
100
99
99
Aspergillus_tubingensis_GQ379912_1Aspergillus_niger_MH562047_1Aspergillus_niger_NR_111348_1
Aspergillus_heteromorphus_MF379647_1Aspergillus_heteromorphus_NR_106306_1
Aspergillus_ellipticus_NR_103605_1
Aspergillus_brasiliensis_NR_111414_1Aspergillus_brasiliensis_MH858557_1
Aspergillus_carbonarius_AJ876878_1Aspergillus_carbonarius_PC-4
Aspergillus_ellipticus_MH858677_1
Figure 1 The neighborjoining tree inferred from the partial sequence of the ITS region dataset using Mega 60 The bootstrap was 2000replications to assess the reliable level to the nods of the tree
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Pure carbon sources (1 wv)InvertaseFtase
Enzy
me a
ctiv
ity (U
mL)
Glu
cose
Fruc
tose
Xylo
se
Sucr
ose
Lact
ose
Cell
obio
se
Mal
tose
Raffi
nose
Inul
in
Cel
lulo
se
Gly
cero
l
Sorb
itol
Figure 2 Pure carbons sources on invertase and120573-D-fructosyltransferaseproduction by blackAspergillus sp PC-4 strain Culture conditionscultivation was carried out at 28∘C 180 rpm for 120 hours
Aspergillus carbonarius PC-4 A carbonarius strains havebeen extensively studied for ochratoxin A production infruits and beverages [32ndash34] Regarding enzyme productionA carbonarius have been studied for cell plant polysac-charides degradation [35] polygalacturonase and pectinaseproduction [36ndash38] and also 120573-Xylosidase [39] among otherbiotechnological studies To our knowledge in this study Acarbonarius PC-4 strain was first time reported to produceinvertase and fructosyltransferase under cost-effective fer-mentation media
32 Effect of Pure Carbon Sources on Invertase and FTaseProduction In order to determine the regulatory mechanismof invertase and FTase synthesis by A carbonarius PC-4several carbohydrates besides glycerol and sorbitol wereused as sole carbon sources in the cultures (Figure 2) Inthese experiments mono- di- and poly-carbohydrate andalcohol were evaluated as energy and inducing carbon sourceto distinguish the production mechanism and secretion ofenzymes Inducible enzymes are produced in the presence ofa potential substrate which stimulates the enzyme productionand secretion whereas the constitutive enzymes can be
produced in the absence of inducing substrate and thiscarbon source can be used as adjunct to increase the enzymeproduction
The highest invertase production was observed fromsucrose (265 UmL) whereas highest FTase production wasobtained from glucose (865 UmL) Glucose and raffinosewere intermediary sources for invertase production (185UmL and 180 UmL respectively) Sucrose and raffinosewere also intermediary sources to FTase production (660UmL and 307 UmL respectively) The lowest enzymeproduction values were observed using fructose lactosecellobiose maltose inulin cellulose glycerol and sorbitol
Fermentation parameters showed highest invertase yieldof 2650 Ug and productivity of 073 Uh from sucrosefollowed by glucose (119884119875119878 = 1850 Ug 119875119875 = 051 Uh) andraffinose (119884119875119878 = 1800 Ug 119875119875 = 050 Uh) RegardingFTase production the highest fermentation parameter valueswere observed from glucose (119884119875119878 = 8650 Ug 119875119875 = 240Uh) followed by sucrose (119884119875119878 = 6600 Ug 119875119875 = 183Uh) (Table 2) Biomass produced by filamentous fungifrom pure carbon source ranged from 381 gL to 672 gLwith sucrose and glucose resulting in 631 gL and 641 gL
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Table 2 Fermentation parameters for invertase and FTase production by A carbonarius PC-4 on pure carbon sources
Pure Carbon SourcesFermentation Parameters
Invertase Fructosyltransferase BiomassYps Pp Yps Pp (gL)
Glucose 4775 008 9840 016 561Frutose 993 002 2999 005 527Xylose 1091 002 3924 007 602Sucrose 1747 003 3199 005 679Lactose 1327 002 1236 002 630Cellobiose 1280 002 4598 008 621Maltose 1911 003 8710 015 627Raffinose 10051 016 14570 024 451Inulin 7597 013 14334 024 668Cellulose 2380 004 984 002 951Glycerol 2737 004 6583 011 364Sorbitol 1459 002 4598 008 656Culture conditions Cultivation were carried out at 28∘C 180 rpm 72 hours
biomass respectively Raffinose was observed as pure carbonsources for invertase production using Paecilomyces variotii[14] Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus fumigatus [40]Rezende and Felix [40] related that raffinose as well asother oligosaccharides may be hydrolyzed by 120572-galactosidaseor invertase (120573-fructofuranosidase) which cleaves the 120572-12linkage of sucrose moiety producing melibiose and fructoseVainstein and Peberdy [41] observed that invertase activitieswere found inA nidulans cultures using sucrose and raffinoseas the best inducers and raffinose seemed to be the bestcarbon source for invertase secretion
Our results suggest that A carbonarius PC-4 producesa constitutive enzyme using a wide variety of carbohydratesand glycerol alcohol Vainstein and Peberdy [41] related thatthe A nidulans produced a constitutive level of invertase ina wide variety of carbohydrates with 3 glucose resulting inthe lowest activity while 1 raffinose and sucrose providedhighest activities In this study maltose melibiose glyceroland trehalose (1 wv) also induced invertase productionat similar values Rubio and Navarro [10] evaluated theregulation of invertase production by Aspergillus niger strainisolated from rotten lemons The highest invertase produc-tions were observed from inulin raffinose turanose andsucroseThe authors suggest that inducing sugars of invertasesynthesis exhibit the 120573 linkage and fructose located at theend of molecule as a common feature of their structure The120573 linkage does not cause induction of enzyme productionas shown with cellobiose and gentiobiose whereas the 120572linkage has not effect at all as demonstrated with maltoseandmelibiose On the other hand glucose and fructose failedto induce the invertase synthesis a fact that suggests thesecarbohydrates are not involved in the mechanism of invertasesynthesis induction for A niger strain
Glucose has extensively been related as repressor ofinvertase production by many filamentous fungi [14 4243] Glucose supplementation (10 wv) was the secondcarbon source which induced more efficiently the invertaseproduction by A carbonarius PC-4 (Figure 2 and Table 2)
Alegre et al [44] observed an intracellular invertase level 5-fold higher from 1 glucose than the absence of this carbonsource in cultivations of Aspergillus caespitosus Howeverall glucose concentrations were tested with exception of10 and 20 glucose (wv) the extracellular activity washigher than the intracellular one Giraldo et al [14] reportedthe effect of glucose or fructose addition to the culturemedia containing soy bran as main carbon source over intra-and extracellular invertase production by P variotii undersubmerged fermentation
33 Effect of Complex Carbon Sources on Invertase and FTaseProduction Themajor bottleneck in enzyme production andits industrial application is the relative high production costand low enzyme yields The use of agroindustrial residuesas raw materials decreases the impact on environment sincethe reuse of waste materials can reduce their accumulation inthe environment with additional economic value due to theirbiotechnological application [45] Besides agroindustrialresidues can be used as carbon sources by several microor-ganisms to produce high-value added chemicals such as car-bohydrases including invertases and fructosyltransferasesRecent studies have focused on the use of agroindustrialresidues for industrial enzyme production since it is one ofthe possible ways to reduce the production costs significantly[46]
In this study eleven agroindustrial residues were usedas carbon sources for invertase and FTase production byA carbonarius PC-4 (Figure 3) The invertase and FTaseproduction presented significance (plt005) when pineapplecrown was used as carbons sources The highest invertaseactivity (671 UmL) was observed after 3 days of cultivationand highest FTase activity was observed after 5 days ofcultivation (1460 UmL) representing 145-fold higher thanvalues obtained from other tested carbon sources
Fermentation parameters showed the highest values forinvertase production (119884119901119904 = 58697 Ug of substrate and119875119901 =
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cass
ava p
ee1
soyb
ean
peel
soyb
ean
bran
corn
stra
w
baca
ba p
eel
sorg
hum
bra
n
whe
at b
ran
(a)
05
101520253035
Complex carbon sources (1 wv)72 hours120 hours
a
e
b
g
cd c
g
c
f f
d
AB
CCD
HF
G
D D
IF
Ftas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
pine
appl
e cro
wn
swee
t pot
ato
flour
suga
rcan
e bag
asse
corn
cob
cass
ava p
ee1
soyb
ean
peel
soyb
ean
bran
corn
stra
w
baca
ba p
eel
sorg
hum
bra
n
whe
at b
ran
(b)
Figure 3 Complex carbon sources on invertase (a) and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (b) by black Aspergillus sp PC-4 Culture conditionscomplex carbon sources (10 wv) yeast extract (02 wv) 28∘C 180 rpm Mean values with the same letter do not statistically differfrom each other by the ANOVA Tukey test (p = 005)
098 Uh) and FTase (119884119901119904 = 145900 Ug of substrate and 119875119901= 194 Uh) after 3 and 5 days of cultivations respectivelyusing pineapple crown as carbon source (Table 3) Oyedejiet al [2] observed invertase production of 2146 UmL after120 h incubation using pineapple peel as substrate Theseauthors stated that the increased invertase production mightbe due to utilization of pineapple peel by A niger IBK1 forgrowth and hence enzyme production However decreasingvalues of enzyme production could be due to exhaustion ofglucose a primary metabolite obtained in the degradationof substrate which is required for growth or increase ofmetabolic intermediates secreted into fermentation medium
In this study pineapple crownwas chemical characterizedpresenting 286 total carbon 18 total nitrogen with aCN ratio of 157 77 humidity 60 ashes 67 totallipids t115 total protein and 681 total carbohydratesPineapple wastes were also used to produce other carbohy-drate hydrolases such as 120573-glucosidase [46] and cellulases[47] Pineapple peel is a byproduct resulted from canningprocessing of pineapple which produces about 35 fruitwaste and lead to serious environmental pollutionThis wastecontains considerable amounts of soluble sugars such assucrose whichmakes it suitable as substrate for microbial fer-mentations [2 48]Therefore the pineapple peel compositionis an attractive alternative for fungal growth due to its lowcost and availability of carbon and nitrogen sources besideminerals Agroindustrial residues such as pineapple peel aretherefore suitable substrates for microbial cultivation andproduction of molecules with biotechnological importancesuch as enzymes and other value-added products [49] Onthe other hand pineapple crown is firstly related in this studyas a potential carbon source substrate for enzyme productionand to obtain value-added products Pineapple crown usedfor invertase and FTase production presented centesimal
composition as follows () moisture 770 plusmn 075 lipids 670plusmn 132 proteins 1148 plusmn 022 carbohydrates 6810 plusmn 103ashes 605 plusmn 007 carbon 2865 plusmn 018 and nitrogen 184 plusmn003
Intermediary values of invertase production were foundwith soybean peel and corn straw (439UmL and 424UmLrespectively) after 3 days of cultivation and sweet potato flour(435 UmL) after 4 days of cultivation Sugarcane bagassecassava peel and bacaba peel can be considered substrateswith potential use for invertase production after optimizationprocess of culture conditions since these substrates inducedthe enzyme production ranging from 25 to 322 UmLwhereas wheat bran soybean bran sorghum bran and corncob were weak inducers for invertase production by black Acarbonarius PC-4 On the other hand intermediary values ofFTase production were observed from cassava peel soybeanpeel corn straw sugarcane bagasse sweet potato and wheatbran (640 to 1165 UmL) and low production was observedfrom corn cob soybean bran bacaba peel and sorghumbran The fermentation parameters using sweet potato floursugarcane bagasse corn cob and wheat bran can indicatethat these substrates would be potential carbon sources forinvertase and FTase production under optimized conditionsor used as mixed substrates in fermentation processesGuimaraes et al [12] stated that many enzymes of industrialsignificance are regulated by carbon source composition andthe use of agroindustrial residues for extracellular invertaseproduction by Aspergillus ochraceus using sugarcane bagasseand corn cob was effective in promoting the production ofextracellular invertase substantially lowering the productioncosts Giraldo et al [14] have reported the promising uti-lization of liquid medium supplemented with agroindustrialwastes as carbon source especially soy bran or wheat branresulting in higher extracellular activity of invertase produced
The Scientific World Journal 9
Table3Ferm
entatio
nparametersfor
invertasea
nd120573-D
-fructosyltransfe
raseprod
uctio
nby
blackAspergillus
spP
C-4on
complex
carbon
sources
Com
ponent
Ferm
entatio
nparameters
72ho
urs
120ho
urs
Invertase
FTase
Biom
ass
Invertase
FTase
Biom
ass
Yps
PpYp
sPp
Yps
PpYp
sPp
Com
plex
carbon
sources(
10w
v)
Pineapplec
rown
58697
098
133843
223
670
57416
096
145900
194
788
Sweetp
otatoflo
ur35280
059
3314
3055
524
40221
067
73035
121
576
Sugarcaneb
agasse
3813
8064
1240
01
210
910
1079
2018
7310
012
199
3Corncob
26324
044
nd
nd
904
1870
3031
72390
120
908
Cassava
peel
1319
8022
40272
142
678
3310
006
24832
041
634
Soybeanpeel
2612
004
1041
002
967
2715
005
10276
006
1057
Soybeanbran
27352
046
nd
nd
561
31226
052
47618
079
521
Bacaba
peel
840
001
582
027
980
2151
004
nd
nd
999
Cornstr
aw2268
004
2476
004
1098
1386
002
4062
006
1163
Sorghu
mbran
2291
3038
28202
050
571
3791
006
25240
042
648
Wheatbram
40575
068
5177
1086
647
17885
030
67015
111
678
Nitr
ogen
sources(
02
wv)
Ammon
ium
nitrate
34082
094
108247
300
772
2316
7064
240
786
400
576
Ammon
ium
choride
49325
137
209681
582
790
5292
814
72114
51
352
600
Ammoinium
sulfate
51457
143
135937
377
824
41471
116
200
623
334
620
Yeastextract
53685
149
117666
327
833
39428
109
179910
300
640
Pepton
e42617
118
132282
367
853
39874
111
184956
310
592
Soybeanprotein
3296
8091
135120
375
848
25636
071
26279
3438
850
Cornste
epliq
uor
28717
098
111773
310
770
24058
067
184704
308
562
Cultu
recond
ition
sCu
ltivatio
nwe
recarriedou
tat28∘Cfor180
rpm
10 The Scientific World Journal
0123456789
10
Inve
rtas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
Nitrogen sources (02 wv)72 hours120 hours
aab
FG
de
ef fg
ABA
C
DE
FA
mm
oniu
m n
itrat
e
Am
mon
ium
chlo
ride
Am
mon
ium
sulfa
te
Yeas
t ext
ract
Pept
one
Soyb
ean
prot
ein
Cor
n ste
ep li
quor
(a)
Nitrogen sources (02 wv)72 hours120 hours
a a aab abc
bc
d
AABBC
CDEF DE DE
Am
mon
ium
nitr
ate
Am
mon
ium
chlo
ride
Am
mon
ium
sulfa
te
Yeas
t ext
ract
Pept
one
Soyb
ean
prot
ein
Cor
n ste
ep li
quor
05
101520253035
FTas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
(b)
Figure 4 Organic and inorganic nitrogen sources on invertase (a) and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (b) production by A carbonarius PC-4Culture conditions pineapple crown (10 wv) nitrogen sources (02 wv) 28∘C 180 rpm Mean values with the same letter do notstatistically differ from each other by the ANOVA Tukey test (p = 005)
by Paecilomyces variotii which was 7 and 46 times higherfrom soy bran than those estimated for sucrose and glucoserespectively
34 Effect of Nitrogen Sources on Invertase and FTase Pro-duction Nitrogen sources have an important role in fer-mentation processes in which the microbial growth andenzyme secretion are directly affected by nitrogen com-position Organic and inorganic nitrogen sources play animportant role in the synthesis of enzymes since inorganicnitrogen sources can be used quickly and organic sources cansupply many cell growth factors and amino acids needed forcell metabolism and enzyme production [50] The invertaseand FTase production by A carbonarius PC-4 using differ-ent nitrogen sources such as ammonium ions (ammoniumnitrate ammonium chloride and ammonium sulfate) yeastextract peptone soybean protein and corn steep liquor afterthree and five days of cultivation can be observed in Figure 4Highest invertase activities were observed from ammoniumchloride and yeast extract (640 UmL and 613 UmLrespectively) which did not present differences in analysisof variance (pgt005) followed by ammonium sulfate andpeptone (590 UmL and 550 UmL respectively) after threedays of cultivation Ammonium nitrate soybean protein andcorn steep liquor induced the lowest invertase productionAfter five days of cultivation the invertase activity decreasedfrom all evaluated nitrogen sources indicating a microbialgrowth suppression caused by exhaustion of nutrient in theculture medium
Fermentation parameters for invertase productionshowed highest yield and productivity from yeast extract(119884119875119878 = 53685 Ug 119875P = 149 Uh) followed by ammoniumsulfate (119884119875119878 = 51457 Ug 119875119875 = 137 Uh) after three daysof cultivation (Table 3) The maximum biomass production
was observed after three days of cultivation using organic orinorganic nitrogen sources (770 ndash853 gL) After five daysof cultivation biomass production decreased though FTaseproduction was observed suggesting an extracellular enzymeproduction which was secreted to the medium (Figure 3)Giraldo et al [14] also observed the influence of organic andinorganic nitrogen sources on enzyme production Maximalproduction of extracellular invertase was obtained whenpeptonewas added to the culturemedium while peptone andammonium phosphate were both the best nitrogen sourcesfor the intracellular form Vandakova et al [6] observedsimilar results using yeast extract as nitrogen source Theseauthors related that the advantage of using yeast extractcompared to inorganic nitrogen substrates possibly is basedon supplementation of some essential growth factors for themicroorganism
FTase productionwas not statistically significant (pgt005)for enzyme activity using inorganic and organic nitrogensources although the highest activity was observed withsoybean protein and ammonium nitrate (2490 UmL and2400 UmL respectively) after five days of cultivationFermentation parameters for FTase production under theseevaluated conditions were 119884119875119878 = 262793 Ug and 119875119875 = 440Uh for soybean protein and 119884119875119878 = 240786 Ug and 119875119875 =400 Uh for ammonium nitrate Ammonium chloride wasalso a promising nitrogen source for enzyme productionfrom which were obtained high invertase production value(2140 UmL) and significant fermentation parameters ofyield and productivity (119884119875119878 = 211451 Ug and 119875119875 = 312Uh respectively)The lowest FTase productionwas observedusing yeast extract (1780 UmL 119884119875119878 = 179910 Ug and119875119875 = 300 Uh respectively) FTase production after threedays of cultivation showed similar activities among cornsteep liquor peptone soybean protein ammonium sulfate
The Scientific World Journal 11
12 120967260483624Time-course of cultivation (hours)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Inve
rtas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
(a)
06
121824303642485460
24 240216192168144120967248
FTas
e act
ivity
(Um
l)
Time-course of cultivation (hours)
(b)
0500
10001500200025003000350040004500
24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 240
Yiel
d (U
g o
f sub
stra
te)
Time-course (hours)
Invertase(c)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 240
Prod
uctiv
ity (U
gh
)
Time-course (hours)
Invertase(d)
Figure 5 Time-course and fermentation parameters of invertase and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (FTase) produced by 119860 carbonarius PC-4Legend (a) invertase production (b) FTase production (c) yield of production for invertase and FTase (d) productivity for invertase andFTase Culture conditions invertase productionwas carried out using pineapple crown (10wv) yeast extract (02wv) FTase productionwas carried out using pineapple crown (10 wv) and soybean protein (02 wv) cultures were carried out at 28∘C pH 60 and 180 rpm
yeast extract and ammonium chloride ranging from 1120to 1520 UmL except for ammonium nitrate from whichwas observed to have lower FTase activity of 780 UmLUnder these conditions productivity after three days ofcultivations showed higher enzyme activity values comparedto those obtained after five days indicating which the cultureparameters should be optimized to improve the enzymeproduction
35 Time-Course of Invertase and FTase Production Time-course of invertase and FTase production by A carbonariusPC-4 were carried out using the culture conditions estab-lished previously using the carbon and nitrogen sourcesselected (Figure 5) Invertase production was carried outusing pineapple crown (10 wv) as carbon source andammonium chloride (02 wv) as nitrogen source whileFTase production was carried out using pineapple crown(10 wv) as carbon source and soybean protein (02 wv)as nitrogen source Both cultivations were carried out at180 rpm and 28∘C during 120 h and 240 h respectively Max-imum invertase production was observed among 60 h and96 h of cultivation (1100 and 1252 UmL respectively) with
the highest production after 96 h (1252 UmL) (Figure 4(a))Under these culture conditions fermentation parametersshowed maximum yield after 72 h with 107390 Ug andproductivity of 630 Uh after 24 h (Figures 4(c) and 4(d))For FTase the maximum production was observed after168 h (4440 UmL) (Figure 4(b)) Fermentation parame-ters showed also maximum yield and productivity (119884119875119878= 598271 Ug and 119875119875 = 1000 Uh respectively) after168 h
4 Concluding Remarks
The screening of filamentous fungi from canned peach syruppresented potential Aspergillus spp for invertase productionunder submerged fermentation Among six potential isolatesblack Aspergillus sp PC-4 strain was selected to invertase andFTase production This strain was identified as Aspergilluscarbonarius PC-4 To our knowledge it is the first time thatA carbonarius strain is reported as an invertase and FTaseproducer in the literature Cultivation using pure carbonsources showed that this strain produces invertase in a con-stitutive way and FTase was inducible Agroindustrial wastes
12 The Scientific World Journal
were used as complex carbon sources and the pineapplecrown was a promising substrate for invertase and FTaseproduction Furthermore pineapple crown is firstly related inthis study as carbon source for enzyme production Nitrogensources showed that organic and inorganic sources can beused to both enzymes production though the ammoniumchloride and yeast extract were the best nitrogen sourcesfor invertase production (sim66 UmL) after three days ofcultivation while soybean protein and ammonium nitratewere the best sources for FTase production (sim24 UmL) afterfive days of cultivation Time-course of enzyme productionshowed an increase of 510-fold in the invertase productioncompared to initial experiments (screening of fungi) andFTase production increased 30-fold after 196 h of cultivationcompared to complex carbon sources (1460 UmL) Thisstudy showed that A carbonarius PC-4 is a promising fungalstrain for invertase and FTase production considering cost-benefit conditions and the enzymes produced are suitable forfood and nutraceuticals industries in order to obtain invertedsugar fructose syrups and fructooligosaccharides
Data Availability
The datasets analysed during the current study are notpublicly available due to continuing of the doctoral thesis butare available from the corresponding author on reasonablerequest
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interestregarding the publication of this paper
Acknowledgments
Alex Fernando de Almeida thanks the Federal Universityof Tocantins by Productivity grant (Edital 312015) andCoordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nıvel Supe-rior Brasil (CAPES) for the scholarship awarded to RyharaDias Batista
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polarized light to right while the solution of fructose isstrongly levorotatory ie causing rotation of plane polar-ized light to left [4] Invertases are widely used in foodand beverage industries One of important applications ofinvertase is the production of noncrystallizable sugar syrup(invert sugar syrup) from sucrose Invert sugar is used as ahumectant in the manufacture of soft candies and fondants[5] Invertase can be also used when sucrose containingsubstrates are subjected to fermentation viz production ofalcoholic beverages lactic acid and glycerol Furthermoreinvertases are also used for the manufacture of artificialhoney plasticizing agents and fructooligosaccharides [5]
Fructosyltransferase (FTase EC 2419) hydrolyzes su-crose and transfer fructosyl group to a sucrose moleculeacceptor to generate fructooligosaccharides along with glu-cose and fructose which have a wide range of applicationsin food and pharmaceutical industries [6 7] Fructooligosac-charides can be obtained synthetically from agave fructansby acid-catalyzed hydrolysis although the formation offructooligosaccharides via enzymatic methods is preferreddue to high substrate specificity and selectivity of enzymescompared to chemical routes [8] Fructooligosaccharidesfrom sucrose are considered as new alternative sweetenerswith functional properties also called soluble fibres withseveral desirable characteristics such as low calories non-cariogenicity and safety for diabetics Fructooligosaccharidesare also known as prebiotics since they stimulate the growthof probiotic organisms [1] However fructosyltransferase andfructofuranosidase production is rather confusing differingfrom one source to another from one microorganism toanother and even from one strain to another [9] In additioninvertases exhibit transfructosylating activity at high sucroseconcentrations in order to release glucose and fructose fromsucrose Microbial invertases may catalyze the synthesis ofshort-chain fructooligosaccharides such as 1-kestose nystoseand fructofuranosyl nystose in which one to three fructosylmoieties are linked to the sucrose by different glycosidicbonds depending on the enzyme source [4 5]
Invertases can be found by wide range of organismsincluding plants animal bacteria yeasts and filamentousfungi Among filamentous fungi Aspergillus genus has beenextensively used to produce invertase under submerged andsolid-state cultivations and its mechanisms of enzyme pro-ductionhave also been investigatedAspergillus niger canpro-duce invertase in the presence of 120573-fructofuranoside sugarsdemonstrating that the synthesis of invertase is inducible [10]This strain produces invertase with only hydrolytic activityproducing equimolar amounts of fructose and glucose Onthe other hand the FTase produced by this strain showsexclusively fructosyl transfer reaction producing glucose 1-kestose nystose and fructofuranosyl nystose [9] Aspergillusflavus produced high yields of invertase under optimizedconditions in submerged cultures [11] Guimaraes et al [12]observed that Aspergillus ochraceus produced high levelsof a thermostable extracellular invertase when cultured inKhanna medium supplemented with sugarcane bagasse ascarbon source
Enzyme production requires long time of laboratorialexperiment to find the ideal conditions and cost-effectiveness
for microbial cultivation Submerged and solid-state cultiva-tions are commonly employed to enzyme production usingalternative substrates as an attempt to reduce bottlenecksinvolved in the initial steps of production eg high costs ofproductionusing high value-added substratesTheutilizationof renewable resources such as agroindustrial residues ascheap and readily available substrates for enzyme productionhas been a subject of intense research as an alternative forcost-effective enzyme production and waste management[2] Agroindustrial residues are generated in large amountsevery year and their usage for bioprocesses is particularlyinteresting due to their renewability low-cost and suitablecharacteristics which allow the production of different value-added metabolites [13] Giraldo et al [14] used agroindustrialbyproducts eg sugarcane bagasse oat meal cassava flourcorn cob soy bran and wheat bran for invertase productionunder submerged cultivation Their experiments demon-strated that agroindustrial residues provided the productionof higher levels of extracellular invertase by Paecilomycesvariotii Guimaraes et al [12] observed that highest levels ofextracellular invertase activity were obtained when Khannamedium was supplemented by sugar cane bagasse as carbonsource and the extracellular invertase activity comprised98 total enzyme activity (intracellular + extracellular) fromcultivation Oyedeji et al [2] reported that agroindustrialresidues are suitable substrates for microbial cultivationand consequent production of molecule of biotechnologicalinterest such as enzymes and other value-added chemicals
The aims of this work were to select an invertase-producing Aspergillus spp strain with high fructosyltrans-ferase activity from canned peach syrups under submergedcultivations Nutritional parameters such as pure and com-plex carbon sources and nitrogen sources were evaluatedto obtain high yield of enzymes Agroindustrial residueswere also evaluated as alternative substrates for enzymeproduction
2 Material and Methods
21 Microorganisms Filamentous fungi were isolated froma jar surface containing canned peach syrup Canned peachsyrup was obtained from local market Samples of cannedpeach syrup were maintained at 30∘C for five days Coloniesgrown on the surface of syrup were transferred to Petriplates containing potato dextrose agar (PDA) and incubatedat 30∘C for five days Isolated colonies were inoculated atthe center of the Petri dishes to ensure the purity of fungistrains Filamentous fungi preservation was conducted insterile distilled water [15] Dishes (approximately 5mm)containing small portion of culture medium mycelium andspores were aseptically transferred into 6mL sterile antibioticflasks which were added to 4mL sterile distilled water andsealed with rubber stopper Castellani flasks were kept at 4∘Cand the viability of strains was verified periodically every sixmonths
Fungi were isolated as monocultures on two media maltextract agar and potato dextrose agar Fungi were identifiedto genus level according to morphological structures [16ndash18]
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22 Inoculum Preparation Dishes containing mycelium andspores were aseptically inoculated in PDA plates and incu-bated at 30∘C for five days Filamentous fungi colonies weretransferred to PDA slants and incubated at 30∘C for fivedays The spore suspension was carried out using sterileNaCl 085 (wv) Culture media for screening of enzymeproduction were inoculated with 1mL of 106 sporesmLsuspension
23 Culture Conditions for Enzyme Production Filamentousfungi cultures were performed in Erlenmeyer flasks (125mL)containing 20mL of Vogel medium solution [19] A stockmedium 50-fold concentrated was prepared containing (gL)sodium citratelowast5H2O 150 KH2PO4 250 MgSO4lowast7H2O10 CaCl2lowast2H2O 5 trace elements solution 5mL stocksolution (gL) citric acidlowastH2O 50 ZnSO4lowast7H2O 50Fe(NH4)2(SO4)2lowast6H2O 10 CuSO4lowast5H2O 25 MnSO4lowastH2O 005 H3BO3 005 Na2MoO4lowast2H2O 005 biotin solu-tion (01mgmL) 5mL Chloroform (02mL) was addedas a preservative The solutions were maintained at 4∘CMedium preparation consisted of 50-fold dilution of stockmedium supplemented with carbon sources (1 wv) Yeastextract (02 wv) was used as nitrogen source The finalpH was adjusted to 60 Flasks containing culture mediawere sterilized in autoclave at 121∘C for 15min inoculatedwith spore suspension previously prepared and incubated inorbital shaker for 72 andor 120 hours at 28∘C 180 rpm
24 Crude Extract Preparation Biomass was separated fromfermentation broth by filtration (cellulose acetate membrane045120583m) and dried at 105∘C until constant weight Cell freebroth (crude extract) was used for enzyme activity assays
25 Bioprospecting of Filamentous Fungi Filamentous fungiwere screened for invertase production using Vogelrsquos mediumsupplemented with sucrose as sole carbon source (10 wv)and 02 (wv) yeast extract as nitrogen source The cultureswere carried out in Erlenmeyer flasks (125ml) containing20mLmedium and pHwas adjusted to 60The cultures wereincubated at 180 rpm and 28∘C for 120 hours All experimentswere performed in triplicate
26 Molecular Identification of Aspergillus sp PC-4 TotalDNA from filamentous fungal strains was extracted fromPDA growth medium using IllustraTM Nucleon PhytoPureplant and fungal DNA extraction kits (GE Healthcare Amer-sham England) DNA was quantified using NanoDrop 2000spectrophotometer (Thermo Scientific Uniscience Brazil)and then diluted to a concentration of 50 ng for polymerasechain reaction (PCR) using the primers ITS1 (51015840-TCCGTA-GGTGAACCTGCGG-31015840) and ITS4 (51015840-TCCTCCGCTTAT-TGATATGC-31015840) [20] Amplifications were performed onMastercycler nexus (Eppendorf) thermocycler using theGoTaq DNA Polymerase kit (Promega Madison-USA) withfinal reaction volume of 25120583LThereafter PCRproducts werechecked by 1 (w v) agarose gel electrophoresis [21] andvisualized under ultraviolet light on LPIX-EX photodocu-mentator (Loccus Biotechnology Sao Paulo Brazil) The 1 Kb
DNA Ladder (Promega Canada USA) was used as molecularweight marker The amplified products were purified withExonuclease I (ExoSap-IT) and Alkaline Phosphatase solu-tion (USB Corporation Austin-USA) followed by sequencingusing the same PCR primers on ABI 3500 xl automaticsequencer (Life Technologies) according to the Dideoxy orchain termination method [22] using the BigDye Terminatorv 31 sequencing kit (Life Technologies Foster city USA)Thisstage was carried out at the Laboratory of Polar Microbiologyand Tropical Connections of Federal University of MinasGerais (UFMG) and Laboratory of Cellular and Molec-ular Parasitology (LCPM) of Oswaldo Cruz Foundation-FiocruzRene Rachou Institute
27 Phylogenetic Analysis The sequence data were obtainedfrom NCBI Genbank database available under Aspergilluscarbonarius with accession no AJ876878 and were used forcomparisons with the 599 bp from our isolate Sequenceswith high query coverage and homology were selected forphylogenetic analysis using the neighbor-joining method[23] The sequences were aligned using software Clustal Wanalysis [24] and the phylogenetic analyses were performedusingMEGA 60 for neighbor-joining and bootstrap analysisSequence from this study was indicated in the tree bycollection code while GenBank sequences were indicated byaccession numbers
28 Effect of Pure and Complex Carbon Sources Pure carbonsources (fructose glucose raffinose cellulose cellobiose sor-bitol inulin sucrose maltose lactose and xylose) were usedas sole carbon sources Complex carbon sources (pineapplecrown sweet potato flour sugarcane bagasse corn cobcassava peel soybean peel soybean bran corn straw bacabapeel sorghum bran and wheat bran) were used as solecarbon sources which were previously washed with distilledwater dried until constant weight and sieved (18 mesh)The cultures were carried out in Erlenmeyer flasks (125ml)containing 20mL medium supplemented with 10 (wv)pure or complex carbon sources 02 (wv) yeast extract asnitrogen source and pH was adjusted to 60 The cultureswere incubated at 180 rpm and 28∘C for 72 h for invertaseproduction and 120 h for FTase production Cultures werecarried out in triplicate
29 Effect of Nitrogen Sources Nitrogen sources (ammo-nium nitrate ammonium chloride ammonium sulfate yeastextract peptone soybeanprotein and corn steep liquor)wereused as sole inorganic or organic sources The cultures wereprepared in Erlenmeyer flasks (125ml) containing 20mL ofmedium supplemented with 02 (wv) inorganic or organicsource individually 10 (wv) pineapple peel as carbonsource with pH adjusted to 60 The cultures were incubatedat 180 rpm and 28∘C for 72 h for invertase production and120 h for FTase production
210 Time-Course of Enzyme Production Time-course ofinvertase production was carried out in Erlenmeyer flasks(125mL) containing 20mL of Vogelrsquos medium supplemented
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with 1 pineapple peel 02 yeast extract and pH 60The cultures were incubated at 180 rpm and 28∘C for 120 hSamples were withdrawing each 12 h of cultivation
Time-course of FTase production was carried out inErlenmeyer flasks (125mL) containing 20mL of Vogelrsquosmedium supplemented with 1 pineapple peel 02 ammo-nium chloride and pH adjusted to 60 The cultures wereincubated at 180 rpm 28∘C for 240 hours Samples wereperiodically analyzed at intervals of 12 h cultivation
211 Biomass Characterization Total organic carbon was car-ried out by Walkley-Black method [25] Total carbohydratewas determined by differences amongmoisture gray proteinand lipid [26] Total nitrogen was determined by micro-Kjeldahl procedures [27]
212 Enzyme Assays Invertase activity was assayed bymeasuring the amount of reducing sugars from sucroseEight hundred microliter of sucrose (2 wv) diluted inMcIlvaine buffer solution pH 50 were dispensed into testtube and kept at 50∘C for 5min Then 200120583L of crudeextract were added to this reaction medium The reactionwas stopped in different time intervals (0 5 and 10min)by taking 200120583L reaction medium and dispensed intoanother test tube containing 200120583L of 35-dinitrosalicylicacid Reducing sugars were estimated colorimetrically with35-dinitrosalicylic acid [28] using fructose as standardsOne unit of enzymatic activity is defined as the amount ofenzyme that releases 1120583mol of reducing sugars perminute permilliliter
FTase activity was determined by incubating 100 120583Lculture filtrate with 400 120583L sucrose (20 wv in 01Msodium acetate buffer pH 50) at 50∘C for 1 h The reac-tion was stopped by boiling the mixture at 100∘C for10min FTase activity was estimated by adding 10120583L ofappropriately diluted reaction to 1ml test reagent (glu-cose oxidasendashperoxidase GOPOD kit Sigma) The glucosereleased was measured at 510 nm One unit of FTase wasdefined as the amount of enzyme required to produce 1 120583molof glucose per minute under assayed conditions
213 Fermentation Parameters Enzyme yield (Y unit ofenzymeg of carbon source) is
119884(119875119878) =119875119891 minus 1198750
1198780(1)
where 119875119891 is total enzyme produced after fermentation 1198750 istotal enzyme in initial fermentation 1198780 is substrate concen-tration in initial fermentation
Productivity assay (P unit of enzymetime of cultivation)is
119875119875 =119864119905119905
(2)
where 119864119905 is total enzyme produced after fermentation t istime of the fermentation process
214 Statistical Analysis The results were expressed as meanplusmn standard error of the mean and subjected to analysis ofvariance (ANOVA) followed by Tukey test
3 Results and Discussion
Initially filamentous fungi were isolated from canned peachsyrup and cultivated in submerged cultures containingsucrose as sole carbon source (Table 1) Among six isolatesidentified as Aspergillus sp and Penicillin sp the PC-4 strainpresented the highest invertase production (247 UmL)Fermentation parameters also demonstrated that Aspergillussp PC-4 can be a promising invertase producer whoseproduction yield from sucrose was 22230 Ug and theproductivity was 037 Uh The highest biomass productionwas observed for PC-6 (602 gL) followed by Aspergillus spPC-1 PC-2 PC-4 and PC-5 (572 gL 556 gL 554 gL and537 gL respectively) Aspergillus genus has been highlightedas an invertase producer under both submerged and solid-state cultivations [29] Veana et al [3] related invertase pro-duction by xerophilic A niger under submerged cultivationamong eight strains evaluated only A niger GH1 produced86UmL invertase after 48 h cultivation In the present studyPC-5 and PC-1 strains produced respectively 196 and 186UmL invertase followed by PC-6 PC-2 (130 UmL 123UmL respectively)
Penicillium sp PC-3 showed invertase production of 106UmL and production yield of 9520 Ug and productivityof 016 Uh Penicillium genus was also reported in theliterature as invertase producer and its enzyme has potentialfor the production of inverted sugar and fructooligosaccha-rides Poonawalla et al [30] related that maximum invertaseproduction by Penicillium chrysogenum was intracellularand maximum extracellular invertase was reached after cellautolysis On the other hand Penicillium purpurogenumPenicillium pinophilum and Penicillium citrinum producedextracellular invertase under submerged conditions fromsucrose as carbon source [3] Invertase from Penicilliumexpansum was also produced under submerged conditionsusing cells immobilized in synthetic fibers and polyurethanefoam with fructooligosaccharides production being simul-taneously evaluated along enzyme production with fruc-tooligosaccharides production of 1203 and 1048 gL respec-tively and high invertase activity (2301 UmL and 3242UmL respectively) [31]
For the next step of this work Aspergillus sp PC-4 wasselected to parametric optimization of culture medium for120573-fructofuranosidase and 120573 ndashD-fructosyltransferase produc-tion under submerged conditions Although low invertaseproduction values have been obtained from other screenedfungi it was clear that these fungal strains are potentialenzyme producers for food industry and their cultivationparameters demand future investigation
31 Molecular Identification of Aspergillus sp PC-4 Mo-lecular identification revealed that the isolated strainsshowed 100 sequence similarity with Aspergillus carbonar-ius (GeneBank accession no AJ876878) (Figure 1) There-fore the isolated strain was referred to in this work as
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Table1Filamentous
fung
istrains
morph
ologiesisolatedfro
mcann
edpeachsyrups
andinvertasep
rodu
ction
Filamentous
fung
iColon
ymorph
olog
yInvertasea
ctivity
Yps
PpBiom
ass
(Um
l)lowast(gL)
Aspergillus
spP
C-1
Colon
iesa
recompactyellowmycelium
whitewith
denselayer
ofblackconidiaheadsCon
idialh
eads
are
glob
osedark
brow
nCon
idiaareg
lobo
sedarkbrow
n18
6b16317
027
572
Aspergillus
spP
C-2
Colon
iesa
regranularw
hitemycelium
with
yello
w-green
conidiah
eadsC
onidialh
eads
arer
adiateC
onidiaare
glob
osepalegreen
123c
11090
018
556
Penicilliu
mspP
C-3
Colon
iesa
recompactw
hitemycelium
with
denselayer
ofgreenconidiaCon
idiaareh
yalin
eand
inlong
chain
glob
osegreenish
106c
9520
016
267
Aspergillus
spP
C-4
Colon
iesa
recompactyellowmycelium
with
denselayer
ofblackconidiaheadsCon
idialh
eads
areg
lobo
se
dark
brow
nCon
idiaareg
lobo
sedarkbrow
n247
a22230
037
554
Aspergillus
spP
C-5
Colon
iesa
reflo
ccosewhite-yellowmyceliumw
ithbrow
nconidiah
eadsC
onidialh
eads
arer
adiateC
onidia
ares
spheric
alpaleb
rown
196b
1518
2025
537
Aspergillus
spP
C-6
Colon
iesa
recompactw
hite-yellowmycelium
with
denselayer
ofblackconidiah
eadsC
onidialh
eads
are
glob
osedark
brow
nCon
idiaareg
lobo
sedarkbrow
n13
0c9728
016
602
Cultu
recond
ition
sCu
ltivatio
nwe
recarriedou
tat28∘C
180r
pmfor7
2ho
urslowastMeanvalues
with
thes
amelette
rdono
tstatisticallydifferfrom
each
otherb
ytheANOVA
Tukeytest(p
=005)
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Aspergillus_tubingensis_NR_131293_189
89
95
52
100
100
99
99
Aspergillus_tubingensis_GQ379912_1Aspergillus_niger_MH562047_1Aspergillus_niger_NR_111348_1
Aspergillus_heteromorphus_MF379647_1Aspergillus_heteromorphus_NR_106306_1
Aspergillus_ellipticus_NR_103605_1
Aspergillus_brasiliensis_NR_111414_1Aspergillus_brasiliensis_MH858557_1
Aspergillus_carbonarius_AJ876878_1Aspergillus_carbonarius_PC-4
Aspergillus_ellipticus_MH858677_1
Figure 1 The neighborjoining tree inferred from the partial sequence of the ITS region dataset using Mega 60 The bootstrap was 2000replications to assess the reliable level to the nods of the tree
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Pure carbon sources (1 wv)InvertaseFtase
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mL)
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Gly
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Sorb
itol
Figure 2 Pure carbons sources on invertase and120573-D-fructosyltransferaseproduction by blackAspergillus sp PC-4 strain Culture conditionscultivation was carried out at 28∘C 180 rpm for 120 hours
Aspergillus carbonarius PC-4 A carbonarius strains havebeen extensively studied for ochratoxin A production infruits and beverages [32ndash34] Regarding enzyme productionA carbonarius have been studied for cell plant polysac-charides degradation [35] polygalacturonase and pectinaseproduction [36ndash38] and also 120573-Xylosidase [39] among otherbiotechnological studies To our knowledge in this study Acarbonarius PC-4 strain was first time reported to produceinvertase and fructosyltransferase under cost-effective fer-mentation media
32 Effect of Pure Carbon Sources on Invertase and FTaseProduction In order to determine the regulatory mechanismof invertase and FTase synthesis by A carbonarius PC-4several carbohydrates besides glycerol and sorbitol wereused as sole carbon sources in the cultures (Figure 2) Inthese experiments mono- di- and poly-carbohydrate andalcohol were evaluated as energy and inducing carbon sourceto distinguish the production mechanism and secretion ofenzymes Inducible enzymes are produced in the presence ofa potential substrate which stimulates the enzyme productionand secretion whereas the constitutive enzymes can be
produced in the absence of inducing substrate and thiscarbon source can be used as adjunct to increase the enzymeproduction
The highest invertase production was observed fromsucrose (265 UmL) whereas highest FTase production wasobtained from glucose (865 UmL) Glucose and raffinosewere intermediary sources for invertase production (185UmL and 180 UmL respectively) Sucrose and raffinosewere also intermediary sources to FTase production (660UmL and 307 UmL respectively) The lowest enzymeproduction values were observed using fructose lactosecellobiose maltose inulin cellulose glycerol and sorbitol
Fermentation parameters showed highest invertase yieldof 2650 Ug and productivity of 073 Uh from sucrosefollowed by glucose (119884119875119878 = 1850 Ug 119875119875 = 051 Uh) andraffinose (119884119875119878 = 1800 Ug 119875119875 = 050 Uh) RegardingFTase production the highest fermentation parameter valueswere observed from glucose (119884119875119878 = 8650 Ug 119875119875 = 240Uh) followed by sucrose (119884119875119878 = 6600 Ug 119875119875 = 183Uh) (Table 2) Biomass produced by filamentous fungifrom pure carbon source ranged from 381 gL to 672 gLwith sucrose and glucose resulting in 631 gL and 641 gL
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Table 2 Fermentation parameters for invertase and FTase production by A carbonarius PC-4 on pure carbon sources
Pure Carbon SourcesFermentation Parameters
Invertase Fructosyltransferase BiomassYps Pp Yps Pp (gL)
Glucose 4775 008 9840 016 561Frutose 993 002 2999 005 527Xylose 1091 002 3924 007 602Sucrose 1747 003 3199 005 679Lactose 1327 002 1236 002 630Cellobiose 1280 002 4598 008 621Maltose 1911 003 8710 015 627Raffinose 10051 016 14570 024 451Inulin 7597 013 14334 024 668Cellulose 2380 004 984 002 951Glycerol 2737 004 6583 011 364Sorbitol 1459 002 4598 008 656Culture conditions Cultivation were carried out at 28∘C 180 rpm 72 hours
biomass respectively Raffinose was observed as pure carbonsources for invertase production using Paecilomyces variotii[14] Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus fumigatus [40]Rezende and Felix [40] related that raffinose as well asother oligosaccharides may be hydrolyzed by 120572-galactosidaseor invertase (120573-fructofuranosidase) which cleaves the 120572-12linkage of sucrose moiety producing melibiose and fructoseVainstein and Peberdy [41] observed that invertase activitieswere found inA nidulans cultures using sucrose and raffinoseas the best inducers and raffinose seemed to be the bestcarbon source for invertase secretion
Our results suggest that A carbonarius PC-4 producesa constitutive enzyme using a wide variety of carbohydratesand glycerol alcohol Vainstein and Peberdy [41] related thatthe A nidulans produced a constitutive level of invertase ina wide variety of carbohydrates with 3 glucose resulting inthe lowest activity while 1 raffinose and sucrose providedhighest activities In this study maltose melibiose glyceroland trehalose (1 wv) also induced invertase productionat similar values Rubio and Navarro [10] evaluated theregulation of invertase production by Aspergillus niger strainisolated from rotten lemons The highest invertase produc-tions were observed from inulin raffinose turanose andsucroseThe authors suggest that inducing sugars of invertasesynthesis exhibit the 120573 linkage and fructose located at theend of molecule as a common feature of their structure The120573 linkage does not cause induction of enzyme productionas shown with cellobiose and gentiobiose whereas the 120572linkage has not effect at all as demonstrated with maltoseandmelibiose On the other hand glucose and fructose failedto induce the invertase synthesis a fact that suggests thesecarbohydrates are not involved in the mechanism of invertasesynthesis induction for A niger strain
Glucose has extensively been related as repressor ofinvertase production by many filamentous fungi [14 4243] Glucose supplementation (10 wv) was the secondcarbon source which induced more efficiently the invertaseproduction by A carbonarius PC-4 (Figure 2 and Table 2)
Alegre et al [44] observed an intracellular invertase level 5-fold higher from 1 glucose than the absence of this carbonsource in cultivations of Aspergillus caespitosus Howeverall glucose concentrations were tested with exception of10 and 20 glucose (wv) the extracellular activity washigher than the intracellular one Giraldo et al [14] reportedthe effect of glucose or fructose addition to the culturemedia containing soy bran as main carbon source over intra-and extracellular invertase production by P variotii undersubmerged fermentation
33 Effect of Complex Carbon Sources on Invertase and FTaseProduction Themajor bottleneck in enzyme production andits industrial application is the relative high production costand low enzyme yields The use of agroindustrial residuesas raw materials decreases the impact on environment sincethe reuse of waste materials can reduce their accumulation inthe environment with additional economic value due to theirbiotechnological application [45] Besides agroindustrialresidues can be used as carbon sources by several microor-ganisms to produce high-value added chemicals such as car-bohydrases including invertases and fructosyltransferasesRecent studies have focused on the use of agroindustrialresidues for industrial enzyme production since it is one ofthe possible ways to reduce the production costs significantly[46]
In this study eleven agroindustrial residues were usedas carbon sources for invertase and FTase production byA carbonarius PC-4 (Figure 3) The invertase and FTaseproduction presented significance (plt005) when pineapplecrown was used as carbons sources The highest invertaseactivity (671 UmL) was observed after 3 days of cultivationand highest FTase activity was observed after 5 days ofcultivation (1460 UmL) representing 145-fold higher thanvalues obtained from other tested carbon sources
Fermentation parameters showed the highest values forinvertase production (119884119901119904 = 58697 Ug of substrate and119875119901 =
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Figure 3 Complex carbon sources on invertase (a) and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (b) by black Aspergillus sp PC-4 Culture conditionscomplex carbon sources (10 wv) yeast extract (02 wv) 28∘C 180 rpm Mean values with the same letter do not statistically differfrom each other by the ANOVA Tukey test (p = 005)
098 Uh) and FTase (119884119901119904 = 145900 Ug of substrate and 119875119901= 194 Uh) after 3 and 5 days of cultivations respectivelyusing pineapple crown as carbon source (Table 3) Oyedejiet al [2] observed invertase production of 2146 UmL after120 h incubation using pineapple peel as substrate Theseauthors stated that the increased invertase production mightbe due to utilization of pineapple peel by A niger IBK1 forgrowth and hence enzyme production However decreasingvalues of enzyme production could be due to exhaustion ofglucose a primary metabolite obtained in the degradationof substrate which is required for growth or increase ofmetabolic intermediates secreted into fermentation medium
In this study pineapple crownwas chemical characterizedpresenting 286 total carbon 18 total nitrogen with aCN ratio of 157 77 humidity 60 ashes 67 totallipids t115 total protein and 681 total carbohydratesPineapple wastes were also used to produce other carbohy-drate hydrolases such as 120573-glucosidase [46] and cellulases[47] Pineapple peel is a byproduct resulted from canningprocessing of pineapple which produces about 35 fruitwaste and lead to serious environmental pollutionThis wastecontains considerable amounts of soluble sugars such assucrose whichmakes it suitable as substrate for microbial fer-mentations [2 48]Therefore the pineapple peel compositionis an attractive alternative for fungal growth due to its lowcost and availability of carbon and nitrogen sources besideminerals Agroindustrial residues such as pineapple peel aretherefore suitable substrates for microbial cultivation andproduction of molecules with biotechnological importancesuch as enzymes and other value-added products [49] Onthe other hand pineapple crown is firstly related in this studyas a potential carbon source substrate for enzyme productionand to obtain value-added products Pineapple crown usedfor invertase and FTase production presented centesimal
composition as follows () moisture 770 plusmn 075 lipids 670plusmn 132 proteins 1148 plusmn 022 carbohydrates 6810 plusmn 103ashes 605 plusmn 007 carbon 2865 plusmn 018 and nitrogen 184 plusmn003
Intermediary values of invertase production were foundwith soybean peel and corn straw (439UmL and 424UmLrespectively) after 3 days of cultivation and sweet potato flour(435 UmL) after 4 days of cultivation Sugarcane bagassecassava peel and bacaba peel can be considered substrateswith potential use for invertase production after optimizationprocess of culture conditions since these substrates inducedthe enzyme production ranging from 25 to 322 UmLwhereas wheat bran soybean bran sorghum bran and corncob were weak inducers for invertase production by black Acarbonarius PC-4 On the other hand intermediary values ofFTase production were observed from cassava peel soybeanpeel corn straw sugarcane bagasse sweet potato and wheatbran (640 to 1165 UmL) and low production was observedfrom corn cob soybean bran bacaba peel and sorghumbran The fermentation parameters using sweet potato floursugarcane bagasse corn cob and wheat bran can indicatethat these substrates would be potential carbon sources forinvertase and FTase production under optimized conditionsor used as mixed substrates in fermentation processesGuimaraes et al [12] stated that many enzymes of industrialsignificance are regulated by carbon source composition andthe use of agroindustrial residues for extracellular invertaseproduction by Aspergillus ochraceus using sugarcane bagasseand corn cob was effective in promoting the production ofextracellular invertase substantially lowering the productioncosts Giraldo et al [14] have reported the promising uti-lization of liquid medium supplemented with agroindustrialwastes as carbon source especially soy bran or wheat branresulting in higher extracellular activity of invertase produced
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Table3Ferm
entatio
nparametersfor
invertasea
nd120573-D
-fructosyltransfe
raseprod
uctio
nby
blackAspergillus
spP
C-4on
complex
carbon
sources
Com
ponent
Ferm
entatio
nparameters
72ho
urs
120ho
urs
Invertase
FTase
Biom
ass
Invertase
FTase
Biom
ass
Yps
PpYp
sPp
Yps
PpYp
sPp
Com
plex
carbon
sources(
10w
v)
Pineapplec
rown
58697
098
133843
223
670
57416
096
145900
194
788
Sweetp
otatoflo
ur35280
059
3314
3055
524
40221
067
73035
121
576
Sugarcaneb
agasse
3813
8064
1240
01
210
910
1079
2018
7310
012
199
3Corncob
26324
044
nd
nd
904
1870
3031
72390
120
908
Cassava
peel
1319
8022
40272
142
678
3310
006
24832
041
634
Soybeanpeel
2612
004
1041
002
967
2715
005
10276
006
1057
Soybeanbran
27352
046
nd
nd
561
31226
052
47618
079
521
Bacaba
peel
840
001
582
027
980
2151
004
nd
nd
999
Cornstr
aw2268
004
2476
004
1098
1386
002
4062
006
1163
Sorghu
mbran
2291
3038
28202
050
571
3791
006
25240
042
648
Wheatbram
40575
068
5177
1086
647
17885
030
67015
111
678
Nitr
ogen
sources(
02
wv)
Ammon
ium
nitrate
34082
094
108247
300
772
2316
7064
240
786
400
576
Ammon
ium
choride
49325
137
209681
582
790
5292
814
72114
51
352
600
Ammoinium
sulfate
51457
143
135937
377
824
41471
116
200
623
334
620
Yeastextract
53685
149
117666
327
833
39428
109
179910
300
640
Pepton
e42617
118
132282
367
853
39874
111
184956
310
592
Soybeanprotein
3296
8091
135120
375
848
25636
071
26279
3438
850
Cornste
epliq
uor
28717
098
111773
310
770
24058
067
184704
308
562
Cultu
recond
ition
sCu
ltivatio
nwe
recarriedou
tat28∘Cfor180
rpm
10 The Scientific World Journal
0123456789
10
Inve
rtas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
Nitrogen sources (02 wv)72 hours120 hours
aab
FG
de
ef fg
ABA
C
DE
FA
mm
oniu
m n
itrat
e
Am
mon
ium
chlo
ride
Am
mon
ium
sulfa
te
Yeas
t ext
ract
Pept
one
Soyb
ean
prot
ein
Cor
n ste
ep li
quor
(a)
Nitrogen sources (02 wv)72 hours120 hours
a a aab abc
bc
d
AABBC
CDEF DE DE
Am
mon
ium
nitr
ate
Am
mon
ium
chlo
ride
Am
mon
ium
sulfa
te
Yeas
t ext
ract
Pept
one
Soyb
ean
prot
ein
Cor
n ste
ep li
quor
05
101520253035
FTas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
(b)
Figure 4 Organic and inorganic nitrogen sources on invertase (a) and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (b) production by A carbonarius PC-4Culture conditions pineapple crown (10 wv) nitrogen sources (02 wv) 28∘C 180 rpm Mean values with the same letter do notstatistically differ from each other by the ANOVA Tukey test (p = 005)
by Paecilomyces variotii which was 7 and 46 times higherfrom soy bran than those estimated for sucrose and glucoserespectively
34 Effect of Nitrogen Sources on Invertase and FTase Pro-duction Nitrogen sources have an important role in fer-mentation processes in which the microbial growth andenzyme secretion are directly affected by nitrogen com-position Organic and inorganic nitrogen sources play animportant role in the synthesis of enzymes since inorganicnitrogen sources can be used quickly and organic sources cansupply many cell growth factors and amino acids needed forcell metabolism and enzyme production [50] The invertaseand FTase production by A carbonarius PC-4 using differ-ent nitrogen sources such as ammonium ions (ammoniumnitrate ammonium chloride and ammonium sulfate) yeastextract peptone soybean protein and corn steep liquor afterthree and five days of cultivation can be observed in Figure 4Highest invertase activities were observed from ammoniumchloride and yeast extract (640 UmL and 613 UmLrespectively) which did not present differences in analysisof variance (pgt005) followed by ammonium sulfate andpeptone (590 UmL and 550 UmL respectively) after threedays of cultivation Ammonium nitrate soybean protein andcorn steep liquor induced the lowest invertase productionAfter five days of cultivation the invertase activity decreasedfrom all evaluated nitrogen sources indicating a microbialgrowth suppression caused by exhaustion of nutrient in theculture medium
Fermentation parameters for invertase productionshowed highest yield and productivity from yeast extract(119884119875119878 = 53685 Ug 119875P = 149 Uh) followed by ammoniumsulfate (119884119875119878 = 51457 Ug 119875119875 = 137 Uh) after three daysof cultivation (Table 3) The maximum biomass production
was observed after three days of cultivation using organic orinorganic nitrogen sources (770 ndash853 gL) After five daysof cultivation biomass production decreased though FTaseproduction was observed suggesting an extracellular enzymeproduction which was secreted to the medium (Figure 3)Giraldo et al [14] also observed the influence of organic andinorganic nitrogen sources on enzyme production Maximalproduction of extracellular invertase was obtained whenpeptonewas added to the culturemedium while peptone andammonium phosphate were both the best nitrogen sourcesfor the intracellular form Vandakova et al [6] observedsimilar results using yeast extract as nitrogen source Theseauthors related that the advantage of using yeast extractcompared to inorganic nitrogen substrates possibly is basedon supplementation of some essential growth factors for themicroorganism
FTase productionwas not statistically significant (pgt005)for enzyme activity using inorganic and organic nitrogensources although the highest activity was observed withsoybean protein and ammonium nitrate (2490 UmL and2400 UmL respectively) after five days of cultivationFermentation parameters for FTase production under theseevaluated conditions were 119884119875119878 = 262793 Ug and 119875119875 = 440Uh for soybean protein and 119884119875119878 = 240786 Ug and 119875119875 =400 Uh for ammonium nitrate Ammonium chloride wasalso a promising nitrogen source for enzyme productionfrom which were obtained high invertase production value(2140 UmL) and significant fermentation parameters ofyield and productivity (119884119875119878 = 211451 Ug and 119875119875 = 312Uh respectively)The lowest FTase productionwas observedusing yeast extract (1780 UmL 119884119875119878 = 179910 Ug and119875119875 = 300 Uh respectively) FTase production after threedays of cultivation showed similar activities among cornsteep liquor peptone soybean protein ammonium sulfate
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12 120967260483624Time-course of cultivation (hours)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Inve
rtas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
(a)
06
121824303642485460
24 240216192168144120967248
FTas
e act
ivity
(Um
l)
Time-course of cultivation (hours)
(b)
0500
10001500200025003000350040004500
24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 240
Yiel
d (U
g o
f sub
stra
te)
Time-course (hours)
Invertase(c)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 240
Prod
uctiv
ity (U
gh
)
Time-course (hours)
Invertase(d)
Figure 5 Time-course and fermentation parameters of invertase and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (FTase) produced by 119860 carbonarius PC-4Legend (a) invertase production (b) FTase production (c) yield of production for invertase and FTase (d) productivity for invertase andFTase Culture conditions invertase productionwas carried out using pineapple crown (10wv) yeast extract (02wv) FTase productionwas carried out using pineapple crown (10 wv) and soybean protein (02 wv) cultures were carried out at 28∘C pH 60 and 180 rpm
yeast extract and ammonium chloride ranging from 1120to 1520 UmL except for ammonium nitrate from whichwas observed to have lower FTase activity of 780 UmLUnder these conditions productivity after three days ofcultivations showed higher enzyme activity values comparedto those obtained after five days indicating which the cultureparameters should be optimized to improve the enzymeproduction
35 Time-Course of Invertase and FTase Production Time-course of invertase and FTase production by A carbonariusPC-4 were carried out using the culture conditions estab-lished previously using the carbon and nitrogen sourcesselected (Figure 5) Invertase production was carried outusing pineapple crown (10 wv) as carbon source andammonium chloride (02 wv) as nitrogen source whileFTase production was carried out using pineapple crown(10 wv) as carbon source and soybean protein (02 wv)as nitrogen source Both cultivations were carried out at180 rpm and 28∘C during 120 h and 240 h respectively Max-imum invertase production was observed among 60 h and96 h of cultivation (1100 and 1252 UmL respectively) with
the highest production after 96 h (1252 UmL) (Figure 4(a))Under these culture conditions fermentation parametersshowed maximum yield after 72 h with 107390 Ug andproductivity of 630 Uh after 24 h (Figures 4(c) and 4(d))For FTase the maximum production was observed after168 h (4440 UmL) (Figure 4(b)) Fermentation parame-ters showed also maximum yield and productivity (119884119875119878= 598271 Ug and 119875119875 = 1000 Uh respectively) after168 h
4 Concluding Remarks
The screening of filamentous fungi from canned peach syruppresented potential Aspergillus spp for invertase productionunder submerged fermentation Among six potential isolatesblack Aspergillus sp PC-4 strain was selected to invertase andFTase production This strain was identified as Aspergilluscarbonarius PC-4 To our knowledge it is the first time thatA carbonarius strain is reported as an invertase and FTaseproducer in the literature Cultivation using pure carbonsources showed that this strain produces invertase in a con-stitutive way and FTase was inducible Agroindustrial wastes
12 The Scientific World Journal
were used as complex carbon sources and the pineapplecrown was a promising substrate for invertase and FTaseproduction Furthermore pineapple crown is firstly related inthis study as carbon source for enzyme production Nitrogensources showed that organic and inorganic sources can beused to both enzymes production though the ammoniumchloride and yeast extract were the best nitrogen sourcesfor invertase production (sim66 UmL) after three days ofcultivation while soybean protein and ammonium nitratewere the best sources for FTase production (sim24 UmL) afterfive days of cultivation Time-course of enzyme productionshowed an increase of 510-fold in the invertase productioncompared to initial experiments (screening of fungi) andFTase production increased 30-fold after 196 h of cultivationcompared to complex carbon sources (1460 UmL) Thisstudy showed that A carbonarius PC-4 is a promising fungalstrain for invertase and FTase production considering cost-benefit conditions and the enzymes produced are suitable forfood and nutraceuticals industries in order to obtain invertedsugar fructose syrups and fructooligosaccharides
Data Availability
The datasets analysed during the current study are notpublicly available due to continuing of the doctoral thesis butare available from the corresponding author on reasonablerequest
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interestregarding the publication of this paper
Acknowledgments
Alex Fernando de Almeida thanks the Federal Universityof Tocantins by Productivity grant (Edital 312015) andCoordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nıvel Supe-rior Brasil (CAPES) for the scholarship awarded to RyharaDias Batista
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22 Inoculum Preparation Dishes containing mycelium andspores were aseptically inoculated in PDA plates and incu-bated at 30∘C for five days Filamentous fungi colonies weretransferred to PDA slants and incubated at 30∘C for fivedays The spore suspension was carried out using sterileNaCl 085 (wv) Culture media for screening of enzymeproduction were inoculated with 1mL of 106 sporesmLsuspension
23 Culture Conditions for Enzyme Production Filamentousfungi cultures were performed in Erlenmeyer flasks (125mL)containing 20mL of Vogel medium solution [19] A stockmedium 50-fold concentrated was prepared containing (gL)sodium citratelowast5H2O 150 KH2PO4 250 MgSO4lowast7H2O10 CaCl2lowast2H2O 5 trace elements solution 5mL stocksolution (gL) citric acidlowastH2O 50 ZnSO4lowast7H2O 50Fe(NH4)2(SO4)2lowast6H2O 10 CuSO4lowast5H2O 25 MnSO4lowastH2O 005 H3BO3 005 Na2MoO4lowast2H2O 005 biotin solu-tion (01mgmL) 5mL Chloroform (02mL) was addedas a preservative The solutions were maintained at 4∘CMedium preparation consisted of 50-fold dilution of stockmedium supplemented with carbon sources (1 wv) Yeastextract (02 wv) was used as nitrogen source The finalpH was adjusted to 60 Flasks containing culture mediawere sterilized in autoclave at 121∘C for 15min inoculatedwith spore suspension previously prepared and incubated inorbital shaker for 72 andor 120 hours at 28∘C 180 rpm
24 Crude Extract Preparation Biomass was separated fromfermentation broth by filtration (cellulose acetate membrane045120583m) and dried at 105∘C until constant weight Cell freebroth (crude extract) was used for enzyme activity assays
25 Bioprospecting of Filamentous Fungi Filamentous fungiwere screened for invertase production using Vogelrsquos mediumsupplemented with sucrose as sole carbon source (10 wv)and 02 (wv) yeast extract as nitrogen source The cultureswere carried out in Erlenmeyer flasks (125ml) containing20mLmedium and pHwas adjusted to 60The cultures wereincubated at 180 rpm and 28∘C for 120 hours All experimentswere performed in triplicate
26 Molecular Identification of Aspergillus sp PC-4 TotalDNA from filamentous fungal strains was extracted fromPDA growth medium using IllustraTM Nucleon PhytoPureplant and fungal DNA extraction kits (GE Healthcare Amer-sham England) DNA was quantified using NanoDrop 2000spectrophotometer (Thermo Scientific Uniscience Brazil)and then diluted to a concentration of 50 ng for polymerasechain reaction (PCR) using the primers ITS1 (51015840-TCCGTA-GGTGAACCTGCGG-31015840) and ITS4 (51015840-TCCTCCGCTTAT-TGATATGC-31015840) [20] Amplifications were performed onMastercycler nexus (Eppendorf) thermocycler using theGoTaq DNA Polymerase kit (Promega Madison-USA) withfinal reaction volume of 25120583LThereafter PCRproducts werechecked by 1 (w v) agarose gel electrophoresis [21] andvisualized under ultraviolet light on LPIX-EX photodocu-mentator (Loccus Biotechnology Sao Paulo Brazil) The 1 Kb
DNA Ladder (Promega Canada USA) was used as molecularweight marker The amplified products were purified withExonuclease I (ExoSap-IT) and Alkaline Phosphatase solu-tion (USB Corporation Austin-USA) followed by sequencingusing the same PCR primers on ABI 3500 xl automaticsequencer (Life Technologies) according to the Dideoxy orchain termination method [22] using the BigDye Terminatorv 31 sequencing kit (Life Technologies Foster city USA)Thisstage was carried out at the Laboratory of Polar Microbiologyand Tropical Connections of Federal University of MinasGerais (UFMG) and Laboratory of Cellular and Molec-ular Parasitology (LCPM) of Oswaldo Cruz Foundation-FiocruzRene Rachou Institute
27 Phylogenetic Analysis The sequence data were obtainedfrom NCBI Genbank database available under Aspergilluscarbonarius with accession no AJ876878 and were used forcomparisons with the 599 bp from our isolate Sequenceswith high query coverage and homology were selected forphylogenetic analysis using the neighbor-joining method[23] The sequences were aligned using software Clustal Wanalysis [24] and the phylogenetic analyses were performedusingMEGA 60 for neighbor-joining and bootstrap analysisSequence from this study was indicated in the tree bycollection code while GenBank sequences were indicated byaccession numbers
28 Effect of Pure and Complex Carbon Sources Pure carbonsources (fructose glucose raffinose cellulose cellobiose sor-bitol inulin sucrose maltose lactose and xylose) were usedas sole carbon sources Complex carbon sources (pineapplecrown sweet potato flour sugarcane bagasse corn cobcassava peel soybean peel soybean bran corn straw bacabapeel sorghum bran and wheat bran) were used as solecarbon sources which were previously washed with distilledwater dried until constant weight and sieved (18 mesh)The cultures were carried out in Erlenmeyer flasks (125ml)containing 20mL medium supplemented with 10 (wv)pure or complex carbon sources 02 (wv) yeast extract asnitrogen source and pH was adjusted to 60 The cultureswere incubated at 180 rpm and 28∘C for 72 h for invertaseproduction and 120 h for FTase production Cultures werecarried out in triplicate
29 Effect of Nitrogen Sources Nitrogen sources (ammo-nium nitrate ammonium chloride ammonium sulfate yeastextract peptone soybeanprotein and corn steep liquor)wereused as sole inorganic or organic sources The cultures wereprepared in Erlenmeyer flasks (125ml) containing 20mL ofmedium supplemented with 02 (wv) inorganic or organicsource individually 10 (wv) pineapple peel as carbonsource with pH adjusted to 60 The cultures were incubatedat 180 rpm and 28∘C for 72 h for invertase production and120 h for FTase production
210 Time-Course of Enzyme Production Time-course ofinvertase production was carried out in Erlenmeyer flasks(125mL) containing 20mL of Vogelrsquos medium supplemented
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with 1 pineapple peel 02 yeast extract and pH 60The cultures were incubated at 180 rpm and 28∘C for 120 hSamples were withdrawing each 12 h of cultivation
Time-course of FTase production was carried out inErlenmeyer flasks (125mL) containing 20mL of Vogelrsquosmedium supplemented with 1 pineapple peel 02 ammo-nium chloride and pH adjusted to 60 The cultures wereincubated at 180 rpm 28∘C for 240 hours Samples wereperiodically analyzed at intervals of 12 h cultivation
211 Biomass Characterization Total organic carbon was car-ried out by Walkley-Black method [25] Total carbohydratewas determined by differences amongmoisture gray proteinand lipid [26] Total nitrogen was determined by micro-Kjeldahl procedures [27]
212 Enzyme Assays Invertase activity was assayed bymeasuring the amount of reducing sugars from sucroseEight hundred microliter of sucrose (2 wv) diluted inMcIlvaine buffer solution pH 50 were dispensed into testtube and kept at 50∘C for 5min Then 200120583L of crudeextract were added to this reaction medium The reactionwas stopped in different time intervals (0 5 and 10min)by taking 200120583L reaction medium and dispensed intoanother test tube containing 200120583L of 35-dinitrosalicylicacid Reducing sugars were estimated colorimetrically with35-dinitrosalicylic acid [28] using fructose as standardsOne unit of enzymatic activity is defined as the amount ofenzyme that releases 1120583mol of reducing sugars perminute permilliliter
FTase activity was determined by incubating 100 120583Lculture filtrate with 400 120583L sucrose (20 wv in 01Msodium acetate buffer pH 50) at 50∘C for 1 h The reac-tion was stopped by boiling the mixture at 100∘C for10min FTase activity was estimated by adding 10120583L ofappropriately diluted reaction to 1ml test reagent (glu-cose oxidasendashperoxidase GOPOD kit Sigma) The glucosereleased was measured at 510 nm One unit of FTase wasdefined as the amount of enzyme required to produce 1 120583molof glucose per minute under assayed conditions
213 Fermentation Parameters Enzyme yield (Y unit ofenzymeg of carbon source) is
119884(119875119878) =119875119891 minus 1198750
1198780(1)
where 119875119891 is total enzyme produced after fermentation 1198750 istotal enzyme in initial fermentation 1198780 is substrate concen-tration in initial fermentation
Productivity assay (P unit of enzymetime of cultivation)is
119875119875 =119864119905119905
(2)
where 119864119905 is total enzyme produced after fermentation t istime of the fermentation process
214 Statistical Analysis The results were expressed as meanplusmn standard error of the mean and subjected to analysis ofvariance (ANOVA) followed by Tukey test
3 Results and Discussion
Initially filamentous fungi were isolated from canned peachsyrup and cultivated in submerged cultures containingsucrose as sole carbon source (Table 1) Among six isolatesidentified as Aspergillus sp and Penicillin sp the PC-4 strainpresented the highest invertase production (247 UmL)Fermentation parameters also demonstrated that Aspergillussp PC-4 can be a promising invertase producer whoseproduction yield from sucrose was 22230 Ug and theproductivity was 037 Uh The highest biomass productionwas observed for PC-6 (602 gL) followed by Aspergillus spPC-1 PC-2 PC-4 and PC-5 (572 gL 556 gL 554 gL and537 gL respectively) Aspergillus genus has been highlightedas an invertase producer under both submerged and solid-state cultivations [29] Veana et al [3] related invertase pro-duction by xerophilic A niger under submerged cultivationamong eight strains evaluated only A niger GH1 produced86UmL invertase after 48 h cultivation In the present studyPC-5 and PC-1 strains produced respectively 196 and 186UmL invertase followed by PC-6 PC-2 (130 UmL 123UmL respectively)
Penicillium sp PC-3 showed invertase production of 106UmL and production yield of 9520 Ug and productivityof 016 Uh Penicillium genus was also reported in theliterature as invertase producer and its enzyme has potentialfor the production of inverted sugar and fructooligosaccha-rides Poonawalla et al [30] related that maximum invertaseproduction by Penicillium chrysogenum was intracellularand maximum extracellular invertase was reached after cellautolysis On the other hand Penicillium purpurogenumPenicillium pinophilum and Penicillium citrinum producedextracellular invertase under submerged conditions fromsucrose as carbon source [3] Invertase from Penicilliumexpansum was also produced under submerged conditionsusing cells immobilized in synthetic fibers and polyurethanefoam with fructooligosaccharides production being simul-taneously evaluated along enzyme production with fruc-tooligosaccharides production of 1203 and 1048 gL respec-tively and high invertase activity (2301 UmL and 3242UmL respectively) [31]
For the next step of this work Aspergillus sp PC-4 wasselected to parametric optimization of culture medium for120573-fructofuranosidase and 120573 ndashD-fructosyltransferase produc-tion under submerged conditions Although low invertaseproduction values have been obtained from other screenedfungi it was clear that these fungal strains are potentialenzyme producers for food industry and their cultivationparameters demand future investigation
31 Molecular Identification of Aspergillus sp PC-4 Mo-lecular identification revealed that the isolated strainsshowed 100 sequence similarity with Aspergillus carbonar-ius (GeneBank accession no AJ876878) (Figure 1) There-fore the isolated strain was referred to in this work as
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Table1Filamentous
fung
istrains
morph
ologiesisolatedfro
mcann
edpeachsyrups
andinvertasep
rodu
ction
Filamentous
fung
iColon
ymorph
olog
yInvertasea
ctivity
Yps
PpBiom
ass
(Um
l)lowast(gL)
Aspergillus
spP
C-1
Colon
iesa
recompactyellowmycelium
whitewith
denselayer
ofblackconidiaheadsCon
idialh
eads
are
glob
osedark
brow
nCon
idiaareg
lobo
sedarkbrow
n18
6b16317
027
572
Aspergillus
spP
C-2
Colon
iesa
regranularw
hitemycelium
with
yello
w-green
conidiah
eadsC
onidialh
eads
arer
adiateC
onidiaare
glob
osepalegreen
123c
11090
018
556
Penicilliu
mspP
C-3
Colon
iesa
recompactw
hitemycelium
with
denselayer
ofgreenconidiaCon
idiaareh
yalin
eand
inlong
chain
glob
osegreenish
106c
9520
016
267
Aspergillus
spP
C-4
Colon
iesa
recompactyellowmycelium
with
denselayer
ofblackconidiaheadsCon
idialh
eads
areg
lobo
se
dark
brow
nCon
idiaareg
lobo
sedarkbrow
n247
a22230
037
554
Aspergillus
spP
C-5
Colon
iesa
reflo
ccosewhite-yellowmyceliumw
ithbrow
nconidiah
eadsC
onidialh
eads
arer
adiateC
onidia
ares
spheric
alpaleb
rown
196b
1518
2025
537
Aspergillus
spP
C-6
Colon
iesa
recompactw
hite-yellowmycelium
with
denselayer
ofblackconidiah
eadsC
onidialh
eads
are
glob
osedark
brow
nCon
idiaareg
lobo
sedarkbrow
n13
0c9728
016
602
Cultu
recond
ition
sCu
ltivatio
nwe
recarriedou
tat28∘C
180r
pmfor7
2ho
urslowastMeanvalues
with
thes
amelette
rdono
tstatisticallydifferfrom
each
otherb
ytheANOVA
Tukeytest(p
=005)
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Aspergillus_tubingensis_NR_131293_189
89
95
52
100
100
99
99
Aspergillus_tubingensis_GQ379912_1Aspergillus_niger_MH562047_1Aspergillus_niger_NR_111348_1
Aspergillus_heteromorphus_MF379647_1Aspergillus_heteromorphus_NR_106306_1
Aspergillus_ellipticus_NR_103605_1
Aspergillus_brasiliensis_NR_111414_1Aspergillus_brasiliensis_MH858557_1
Aspergillus_carbonarius_AJ876878_1Aspergillus_carbonarius_PC-4
Aspergillus_ellipticus_MH858677_1
Figure 1 The neighborjoining tree inferred from the partial sequence of the ITS region dataset using Mega 60 The bootstrap was 2000replications to assess the reliable level to the nods of the tree
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Pure carbon sources (1 wv)InvertaseFtase
Enzy
me a
ctiv
ity (U
mL)
Glu
cose
Fruc
tose
Xylo
se
Sucr
ose
Lact
ose
Cell
obio
se
Mal
tose
Raffi
nose
Inul
in
Cel
lulo
se
Gly
cero
l
Sorb
itol
Figure 2 Pure carbons sources on invertase and120573-D-fructosyltransferaseproduction by blackAspergillus sp PC-4 strain Culture conditionscultivation was carried out at 28∘C 180 rpm for 120 hours
Aspergillus carbonarius PC-4 A carbonarius strains havebeen extensively studied for ochratoxin A production infruits and beverages [32ndash34] Regarding enzyme productionA carbonarius have been studied for cell plant polysac-charides degradation [35] polygalacturonase and pectinaseproduction [36ndash38] and also 120573-Xylosidase [39] among otherbiotechnological studies To our knowledge in this study Acarbonarius PC-4 strain was first time reported to produceinvertase and fructosyltransferase under cost-effective fer-mentation media
32 Effect of Pure Carbon Sources on Invertase and FTaseProduction In order to determine the regulatory mechanismof invertase and FTase synthesis by A carbonarius PC-4several carbohydrates besides glycerol and sorbitol wereused as sole carbon sources in the cultures (Figure 2) Inthese experiments mono- di- and poly-carbohydrate andalcohol were evaluated as energy and inducing carbon sourceto distinguish the production mechanism and secretion ofenzymes Inducible enzymes are produced in the presence ofa potential substrate which stimulates the enzyme productionand secretion whereas the constitutive enzymes can be
produced in the absence of inducing substrate and thiscarbon source can be used as adjunct to increase the enzymeproduction
The highest invertase production was observed fromsucrose (265 UmL) whereas highest FTase production wasobtained from glucose (865 UmL) Glucose and raffinosewere intermediary sources for invertase production (185UmL and 180 UmL respectively) Sucrose and raffinosewere also intermediary sources to FTase production (660UmL and 307 UmL respectively) The lowest enzymeproduction values were observed using fructose lactosecellobiose maltose inulin cellulose glycerol and sorbitol
Fermentation parameters showed highest invertase yieldof 2650 Ug and productivity of 073 Uh from sucrosefollowed by glucose (119884119875119878 = 1850 Ug 119875119875 = 051 Uh) andraffinose (119884119875119878 = 1800 Ug 119875119875 = 050 Uh) RegardingFTase production the highest fermentation parameter valueswere observed from glucose (119884119875119878 = 8650 Ug 119875119875 = 240Uh) followed by sucrose (119884119875119878 = 6600 Ug 119875119875 = 183Uh) (Table 2) Biomass produced by filamentous fungifrom pure carbon source ranged from 381 gL to 672 gLwith sucrose and glucose resulting in 631 gL and 641 gL
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Table 2 Fermentation parameters for invertase and FTase production by A carbonarius PC-4 on pure carbon sources
Pure Carbon SourcesFermentation Parameters
Invertase Fructosyltransferase BiomassYps Pp Yps Pp (gL)
Glucose 4775 008 9840 016 561Frutose 993 002 2999 005 527Xylose 1091 002 3924 007 602Sucrose 1747 003 3199 005 679Lactose 1327 002 1236 002 630Cellobiose 1280 002 4598 008 621Maltose 1911 003 8710 015 627Raffinose 10051 016 14570 024 451Inulin 7597 013 14334 024 668Cellulose 2380 004 984 002 951Glycerol 2737 004 6583 011 364Sorbitol 1459 002 4598 008 656Culture conditions Cultivation were carried out at 28∘C 180 rpm 72 hours
biomass respectively Raffinose was observed as pure carbonsources for invertase production using Paecilomyces variotii[14] Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus fumigatus [40]Rezende and Felix [40] related that raffinose as well asother oligosaccharides may be hydrolyzed by 120572-galactosidaseor invertase (120573-fructofuranosidase) which cleaves the 120572-12linkage of sucrose moiety producing melibiose and fructoseVainstein and Peberdy [41] observed that invertase activitieswere found inA nidulans cultures using sucrose and raffinoseas the best inducers and raffinose seemed to be the bestcarbon source for invertase secretion
Our results suggest that A carbonarius PC-4 producesa constitutive enzyme using a wide variety of carbohydratesand glycerol alcohol Vainstein and Peberdy [41] related thatthe A nidulans produced a constitutive level of invertase ina wide variety of carbohydrates with 3 glucose resulting inthe lowest activity while 1 raffinose and sucrose providedhighest activities In this study maltose melibiose glyceroland trehalose (1 wv) also induced invertase productionat similar values Rubio and Navarro [10] evaluated theregulation of invertase production by Aspergillus niger strainisolated from rotten lemons The highest invertase produc-tions were observed from inulin raffinose turanose andsucroseThe authors suggest that inducing sugars of invertasesynthesis exhibit the 120573 linkage and fructose located at theend of molecule as a common feature of their structure The120573 linkage does not cause induction of enzyme productionas shown with cellobiose and gentiobiose whereas the 120572linkage has not effect at all as demonstrated with maltoseandmelibiose On the other hand glucose and fructose failedto induce the invertase synthesis a fact that suggests thesecarbohydrates are not involved in the mechanism of invertasesynthesis induction for A niger strain
Glucose has extensively been related as repressor ofinvertase production by many filamentous fungi [14 4243] Glucose supplementation (10 wv) was the secondcarbon source which induced more efficiently the invertaseproduction by A carbonarius PC-4 (Figure 2 and Table 2)
Alegre et al [44] observed an intracellular invertase level 5-fold higher from 1 glucose than the absence of this carbonsource in cultivations of Aspergillus caespitosus Howeverall glucose concentrations were tested with exception of10 and 20 glucose (wv) the extracellular activity washigher than the intracellular one Giraldo et al [14] reportedthe effect of glucose or fructose addition to the culturemedia containing soy bran as main carbon source over intra-and extracellular invertase production by P variotii undersubmerged fermentation
33 Effect of Complex Carbon Sources on Invertase and FTaseProduction Themajor bottleneck in enzyme production andits industrial application is the relative high production costand low enzyme yields The use of agroindustrial residuesas raw materials decreases the impact on environment sincethe reuse of waste materials can reduce their accumulation inthe environment with additional economic value due to theirbiotechnological application [45] Besides agroindustrialresidues can be used as carbon sources by several microor-ganisms to produce high-value added chemicals such as car-bohydrases including invertases and fructosyltransferasesRecent studies have focused on the use of agroindustrialresidues for industrial enzyme production since it is one ofthe possible ways to reduce the production costs significantly[46]
In this study eleven agroindustrial residues were usedas carbon sources for invertase and FTase production byA carbonarius PC-4 (Figure 3) The invertase and FTaseproduction presented significance (plt005) when pineapplecrown was used as carbons sources The highest invertaseactivity (671 UmL) was observed after 3 days of cultivationand highest FTase activity was observed after 5 days ofcultivation (1460 UmL) representing 145-fold higher thanvalues obtained from other tested carbon sources
Fermentation parameters showed the highest values forinvertase production (119884119901119904 = 58697 Ug of substrate and119875119901 =
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Complex carbon sources (1 wv)72 hours120 hours
A
BC
G
D D
GE
F F G
a
b bcc
d
g
de e
g
f
gInve
rtas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
pine
appl
e cro
wn
swee
t pot
ato
flour
suga
rcan
e bag
asse
corn
cob
cass
ava p
ee1
soyb
ean
peel
soyb
ean
bran
corn
stra
w
baca
ba p
eel
sorg
hum
bra
n
whe
at b
ran
(a)
05
101520253035
Complex carbon sources (1 wv)72 hours120 hours
a
e
b
g
cd c
g
c
f f
d
AB
CCD
HF
G
D D
IF
Ftas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
pine
appl
e cro
wn
swee
t pot
ato
flour
suga
rcan
e bag
asse
corn
cob
cass
ava p
ee1
soyb
ean
peel
soyb
ean
bran
corn
stra
w
baca
ba p
eel
sorg
hum
bra
n
whe
at b
ran
(b)
Figure 3 Complex carbon sources on invertase (a) and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (b) by black Aspergillus sp PC-4 Culture conditionscomplex carbon sources (10 wv) yeast extract (02 wv) 28∘C 180 rpm Mean values with the same letter do not statistically differfrom each other by the ANOVA Tukey test (p = 005)
098 Uh) and FTase (119884119901119904 = 145900 Ug of substrate and 119875119901= 194 Uh) after 3 and 5 days of cultivations respectivelyusing pineapple crown as carbon source (Table 3) Oyedejiet al [2] observed invertase production of 2146 UmL after120 h incubation using pineapple peel as substrate Theseauthors stated that the increased invertase production mightbe due to utilization of pineapple peel by A niger IBK1 forgrowth and hence enzyme production However decreasingvalues of enzyme production could be due to exhaustion ofglucose a primary metabolite obtained in the degradationof substrate which is required for growth or increase ofmetabolic intermediates secreted into fermentation medium
In this study pineapple crownwas chemical characterizedpresenting 286 total carbon 18 total nitrogen with aCN ratio of 157 77 humidity 60 ashes 67 totallipids t115 total protein and 681 total carbohydratesPineapple wastes were also used to produce other carbohy-drate hydrolases such as 120573-glucosidase [46] and cellulases[47] Pineapple peel is a byproduct resulted from canningprocessing of pineapple which produces about 35 fruitwaste and lead to serious environmental pollutionThis wastecontains considerable amounts of soluble sugars such assucrose whichmakes it suitable as substrate for microbial fer-mentations [2 48]Therefore the pineapple peel compositionis an attractive alternative for fungal growth due to its lowcost and availability of carbon and nitrogen sources besideminerals Agroindustrial residues such as pineapple peel aretherefore suitable substrates for microbial cultivation andproduction of molecules with biotechnological importancesuch as enzymes and other value-added products [49] Onthe other hand pineapple crown is firstly related in this studyas a potential carbon source substrate for enzyme productionand to obtain value-added products Pineapple crown usedfor invertase and FTase production presented centesimal
composition as follows () moisture 770 plusmn 075 lipids 670plusmn 132 proteins 1148 plusmn 022 carbohydrates 6810 plusmn 103ashes 605 plusmn 007 carbon 2865 plusmn 018 and nitrogen 184 plusmn003
Intermediary values of invertase production were foundwith soybean peel and corn straw (439UmL and 424UmLrespectively) after 3 days of cultivation and sweet potato flour(435 UmL) after 4 days of cultivation Sugarcane bagassecassava peel and bacaba peel can be considered substrateswith potential use for invertase production after optimizationprocess of culture conditions since these substrates inducedthe enzyme production ranging from 25 to 322 UmLwhereas wheat bran soybean bran sorghum bran and corncob were weak inducers for invertase production by black Acarbonarius PC-4 On the other hand intermediary values ofFTase production were observed from cassava peel soybeanpeel corn straw sugarcane bagasse sweet potato and wheatbran (640 to 1165 UmL) and low production was observedfrom corn cob soybean bran bacaba peel and sorghumbran The fermentation parameters using sweet potato floursugarcane bagasse corn cob and wheat bran can indicatethat these substrates would be potential carbon sources forinvertase and FTase production under optimized conditionsor used as mixed substrates in fermentation processesGuimaraes et al [12] stated that many enzymes of industrialsignificance are regulated by carbon source composition andthe use of agroindustrial residues for extracellular invertaseproduction by Aspergillus ochraceus using sugarcane bagasseand corn cob was effective in promoting the production ofextracellular invertase substantially lowering the productioncosts Giraldo et al [14] have reported the promising uti-lization of liquid medium supplemented with agroindustrialwastes as carbon source especially soy bran or wheat branresulting in higher extracellular activity of invertase produced
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Table3Ferm
entatio
nparametersfor
invertasea
nd120573-D
-fructosyltransfe
raseprod
uctio
nby
blackAspergillus
spP
C-4on
complex
carbon
sources
Com
ponent
Ferm
entatio
nparameters
72ho
urs
120ho
urs
Invertase
FTase
Biom
ass
Invertase
FTase
Biom
ass
Yps
PpYp
sPp
Yps
PpYp
sPp
Com
plex
carbon
sources(
10w
v)
Pineapplec
rown
58697
098
133843
223
670
57416
096
145900
194
788
Sweetp
otatoflo
ur35280
059
3314
3055
524
40221
067
73035
121
576
Sugarcaneb
agasse
3813
8064
1240
01
210
910
1079
2018
7310
012
199
3Corncob
26324
044
nd
nd
904
1870
3031
72390
120
908
Cassava
peel
1319
8022
40272
142
678
3310
006
24832
041
634
Soybeanpeel
2612
004
1041
002
967
2715
005
10276
006
1057
Soybeanbran
27352
046
nd
nd
561
31226
052
47618
079
521
Bacaba
peel
840
001
582
027
980
2151
004
nd
nd
999
Cornstr
aw2268
004
2476
004
1098
1386
002
4062
006
1163
Sorghu
mbran
2291
3038
28202
050
571
3791
006
25240
042
648
Wheatbram
40575
068
5177
1086
647
17885
030
67015
111
678
Nitr
ogen
sources(
02
wv)
Ammon
ium
nitrate
34082
094
108247
300
772
2316
7064
240
786
400
576
Ammon
ium
choride
49325
137
209681
582
790
5292
814
72114
51
352
600
Ammoinium
sulfate
51457
143
135937
377
824
41471
116
200
623
334
620
Yeastextract
53685
149
117666
327
833
39428
109
179910
300
640
Pepton
e42617
118
132282
367
853
39874
111
184956
310
592
Soybeanprotein
3296
8091
135120
375
848
25636
071
26279
3438
850
Cornste
epliq
uor
28717
098
111773
310
770
24058
067
184704
308
562
Cultu
recond
ition
sCu
ltivatio
nwe
recarriedou
tat28∘Cfor180
rpm
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Inve
rtas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
Nitrogen sources (02 wv)72 hours120 hours
aab
FG
de
ef fg
ABA
C
DE
FA
mm
oniu
m n
itrat
e
Am
mon
ium
chlo
ride
Am
mon
ium
sulfa
te
Yeas
t ext
ract
Pept
one
Soyb
ean
prot
ein
Cor
n ste
ep li
quor
(a)
Nitrogen sources (02 wv)72 hours120 hours
a a aab abc
bc
d
AABBC
CDEF DE DE
Am
mon
ium
nitr
ate
Am
mon
ium
chlo
ride
Am
mon
ium
sulfa
te
Yeas
t ext
ract
Pept
one
Soyb
ean
prot
ein
Cor
n ste
ep li
quor
05
101520253035
FTas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
(b)
Figure 4 Organic and inorganic nitrogen sources on invertase (a) and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (b) production by A carbonarius PC-4Culture conditions pineapple crown (10 wv) nitrogen sources (02 wv) 28∘C 180 rpm Mean values with the same letter do notstatistically differ from each other by the ANOVA Tukey test (p = 005)
by Paecilomyces variotii which was 7 and 46 times higherfrom soy bran than those estimated for sucrose and glucoserespectively
34 Effect of Nitrogen Sources on Invertase and FTase Pro-duction Nitrogen sources have an important role in fer-mentation processes in which the microbial growth andenzyme secretion are directly affected by nitrogen com-position Organic and inorganic nitrogen sources play animportant role in the synthesis of enzymes since inorganicnitrogen sources can be used quickly and organic sources cansupply many cell growth factors and amino acids needed forcell metabolism and enzyme production [50] The invertaseand FTase production by A carbonarius PC-4 using differ-ent nitrogen sources such as ammonium ions (ammoniumnitrate ammonium chloride and ammonium sulfate) yeastextract peptone soybean protein and corn steep liquor afterthree and five days of cultivation can be observed in Figure 4Highest invertase activities were observed from ammoniumchloride and yeast extract (640 UmL and 613 UmLrespectively) which did not present differences in analysisof variance (pgt005) followed by ammonium sulfate andpeptone (590 UmL and 550 UmL respectively) after threedays of cultivation Ammonium nitrate soybean protein andcorn steep liquor induced the lowest invertase productionAfter five days of cultivation the invertase activity decreasedfrom all evaluated nitrogen sources indicating a microbialgrowth suppression caused by exhaustion of nutrient in theculture medium
Fermentation parameters for invertase productionshowed highest yield and productivity from yeast extract(119884119875119878 = 53685 Ug 119875P = 149 Uh) followed by ammoniumsulfate (119884119875119878 = 51457 Ug 119875119875 = 137 Uh) after three daysof cultivation (Table 3) The maximum biomass production
was observed after three days of cultivation using organic orinorganic nitrogen sources (770 ndash853 gL) After five daysof cultivation biomass production decreased though FTaseproduction was observed suggesting an extracellular enzymeproduction which was secreted to the medium (Figure 3)Giraldo et al [14] also observed the influence of organic andinorganic nitrogen sources on enzyme production Maximalproduction of extracellular invertase was obtained whenpeptonewas added to the culturemedium while peptone andammonium phosphate were both the best nitrogen sourcesfor the intracellular form Vandakova et al [6] observedsimilar results using yeast extract as nitrogen source Theseauthors related that the advantage of using yeast extractcompared to inorganic nitrogen substrates possibly is basedon supplementation of some essential growth factors for themicroorganism
FTase productionwas not statistically significant (pgt005)for enzyme activity using inorganic and organic nitrogensources although the highest activity was observed withsoybean protein and ammonium nitrate (2490 UmL and2400 UmL respectively) after five days of cultivationFermentation parameters for FTase production under theseevaluated conditions were 119884119875119878 = 262793 Ug and 119875119875 = 440Uh for soybean protein and 119884119875119878 = 240786 Ug and 119875119875 =400 Uh for ammonium nitrate Ammonium chloride wasalso a promising nitrogen source for enzyme productionfrom which were obtained high invertase production value(2140 UmL) and significant fermentation parameters ofyield and productivity (119884119875119878 = 211451 Ug and 119875119875 = 312Uh respectively)The lowest FTase productionwas observedusing yeast extract (1780 UmL 119884119875119878 = 179910 Ug and119875119875 = 300 Uh respectively) FTase production after threedays of cultivation showed similar activities among cornsteep liquor peptone soybean protein ammonium sulfate
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12 120967260483624Time-course of cultivation (hours)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Inve
rtas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
(a)
06
121824303642485460
24 240216192168144120967248
FTas
e act
ivity
(Um
l)
Time-course of cultivation (hours)
(b)
0500
10001500200025003000350040004500
24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 240
Yiel
d (U
g o
f sub
stra
te)
Time-course (hours)
Invertase(c)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 240
Prod
uctiv
ity (U
gh
)
Time-course (hours)
Invertase(d)
Figure 5 Time-course and fermentation parameters of invertase and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (FTase) produced by 119860 carbonarius PC-4Legend (a) invertase production (b) FTase production (c) yield of production for invertase and FTase (d) productivity for invertase andFTase Culture conditions invertase productionwas carried out using pineapple crown (10wv) yeast extract (02wv) FTase productionwas carried out using pineapple crown (10 wv) and soybean protein (02 wv) cultures were carried out at 28∘C pH 60 and 180 rpm
yeast extract and ammonium chloride ranging from 1120to 1520 UmL except for ammonium nitrate from whichwas observed to have lower FTase activity of 780 UmLUnder these conditions productivity after three days ofcultivations showed higher enzyme activity values comparedto those obtained after five days indicating which the cultureparameters should be optimized to improve the enzymeproduction
35 Time-Course of Invertase and FTase Production Time-course of invertase and FTase production by A carbonariusPC-4 were carried out using the culture conditions estab-lished previously using the carbon and nitrogen sourcesselected (Figure 5) Invertase production was carried outusing pineapple crown (10 wv) as carbon source andammonium chloride (02 wv) as nitrogen source whileFTase production was carried out using pineapple crown(10 wv) as carbon source and soybean protein (02 wv)as nitrogen source Both cultivations were carried out at180 rpm and 28∘C during 120 h and 240 h respectively Max-imum invertase production was observed among 60 h and96 h of cultivation (1100 and 1252 UmL respectively) with
the highest production after 96 h (1252 UmL) (Figure 4(a))Under these culture conditions fermentation parametersshowed maximum yield after 72 h with 107390 Ug andproductivity of 630 Uh after 24 h (Figures 4(c) and 4(d))For FTase the maximum production was observed after168 h (4440 UmL) (Figure 4(b)) Fermentation parame-ters showed also maximum yield and productivity (119884119875119878= 598271 Ug and 119875119875 = 1000 Uh respectively) after168 h
4 Concluding Remarks
The screening of filamentous fungi from canned peach syruppresented potential Aspergillus spp for invertase productionunder submerged fermentation Among six potential isolatesblack Aspergillus sp PC-4 strain was selected to invertase andFTase production This strain was identified as Aspergilluscarbonarius PC-4 To our knowledge it is the first time thatA carbonarius strain is reported as an invertase and FTaseproducer in the literature Cultivation using pure carbonsources showed that this strain produces invertase in a con-stitutive way and FTase was inducible Agroindustrial wastes
12 The Scientific World Journal
were used as complex carbon sources and the pineapplecrown was a promising substrate for invertase and FTaseproduction Furthermore pineapple crown is firstly related inthis study as carbon source for enzyme production Nitrogensources showed that organic and inorganic sources can beused to both enzymes production though the ammoniumchloride and yeast extract were the best nitrogen sourcesfor invertase production (sim66 UmL) after three days ofcultivation while soybean protein and ammonium nitratewere the best sources for FTase production (sim24 UmL) afterfive days of cultivation Time-course of enzyme productionshowed an increase of 510-fold in the invertase productioncompared to initial experiments (screening of fungi) andFTase production increased 30-fold after 196 h of cultivationcompared to complex carbon sources (1460 UmL) Thisstudy showed that A carbonarius PC-4 is a promising fungalstrain for invertase and FTase production considering cost-benefit conditions and the enzymes produced are suitable forfood and nutraceuticals industries in order to obtain invertedsugar fructose syrups and fructooligosaccharides
Data Availability
The datasets analysed during the current study are notpublicly available due to continuing of the doctoral thesis butare available from the corresponding author on reasonablerequest
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interestregarding the publication of this paper
Acknowledgments
Alex Fernando de Almeida thanks the Federal Universityof Tocantins by Productivity grant (Edital 312015) andCoordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nıvel Supe-rior Brasil (CAPES) for the scholarship awarded to RyharaDias Batista
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with 1 pineapple peel 02 yeast extract and pH 60The cultures were incubated at 180 rpm and 28∘C for 120 hSamples were withdrawing each 12 h of cultivation
Time-course of FTase production was carried out inErlenmeyer flasks (125mL) containing 20mL of Vogelrsquosmedium supplemented with 1 pineapple peel 02 ammo-nium chloride and pH adjusted to 60 The cultures wereincubated at 180 rpm 28∘C for 240 hours Samples wereperiodically analyzed at intervals of 12 h cultivation
211 Biomass Characterization Total organic carbon was car-ried out by Walkley-Black method [25] Total carbohydratewas determined by differences amongmoisture gray proteinand lipid [26] Total nitrogen was determined by micro-Kjeldahl procedures [27]
212 Enzyme Assays Invertase activity was assayed bymeasuring the amount of reducing sugars from sucroseEight hundred microliter of sucrose (2 wv) diluted inMcIlvaine buffer solution pH 50 were dispensed into testtube and kept at 50∘C for 5min Then 200120583L of crudeextract were added to this reaction medium The reactionwas stopped in different time intervals (0 5 and 10min)by taking 200120583L reaction medium and dispensed intoanother test tube containing 200120583L of 35-dinitrosalicylicacid Reducing sugars were estimated colorimetrically with35-dinitrosalicylic acid [28] using fructose as standardsOne unit of enzymatic activity is defined as the amount ofenzyme that releases 1120583mol of reducing sugars perminute permilliliter
FTase activity was determined by incubating 100 120583Lculture filtrate with 400 120583L sucrose (20 wv in 01Msodium acetate buffer pH 50) at 50∘C for 1 h The reac-tion was stopped by boiling the mixture at 100∘C for10min FTase activity was estimated by adding 10120583L ofappropriately diluted reaction to 1ml test reagent (glu-cose oxidasendashperoxidase GOPOD kit Sigma) The glucosereleased was measured at 510 nm One unit of FTase wasdefined as the amount of enzyme required to produce 1 120583molof glucose per minute under assayed conditions
213 Fermentation Parameters Enzyme yield (Y unit ofenzymeg of carbon source) is
119884(119875119878) =119875119891 minus 1198750
1198780(1)
where 119875119891 is total enzyme produced after fermentation 1198750 istotal enzyme in initial fermentation 1198780 is substrate concen-tration in initial fermentation
Productivity assay (P unit of enzymetime of cultivation)is
119875119875 =119864119905119905
(2)
where 119864119905 is total enzyme produced after fermentation t istime of the fermentation process
214 Statistical Analysis The results were expressed as meanplusmn standard error of the mean and subjected to analysis ofvariance (ANOVA) followed by Tukey test
3 Results and Discussion
Initially filamentous fungi were isolated from canned peachsyrup and cultivated in submerged cultures containingsucrose as sole carbon source (Table 1) Among six isolatesidentified as Aspergillus sp and Penicillin sp the PC-4 strainpresented the highest invertase production (247 UmL)Fermentation parameters also demonstrated that Aspergillussp PC-4 can be a promising invertase producer whoseproduction yield from sucrose was 22230 Ug and theproductivity was 037 Uh The highest biomass productionwas observed for PC-6 (602 gL) followed by Aspergillus spPC-1 PC-2 PC-4 and PC-5 (572 gL 556 gL 554 gL and537 gL respectively) Aspergillus genus has been highlightedas an invertase producer under both submerged and solid-state cultivations [29] Veana et al [3] related invertase pro-duction by xerophilic A niger under submerged cultivationamong eight strains evaluated only A niger GH1 produced86UmL invertase after 48 h cultivation In the present studyPC-5 and PC-1 strains produced respectively 196 and 186UmL invertase followed by PC-6 PC-2 (130 UmL 123UmL respectively)
Penicillium sp PC-3 showed invertase production of 106UmL and production yield of 9520 Ug and productivityof 016 Uh Penicillium genus was also reported in theliterature as invertase producer and its enzyme has potentialfor the production of inverted sugar and fructooligosaccha-rides Poonawalla et al [30] related that maximum invertaseproduction by Penicillium chrysogenum was intracellularand maximum extracellular invertase was reached after cellautolysis On the other hand Penicillium purpurogenumPenicillium pinophilum and Penicillium citrinum producedextracellular invertase under submerged conditions fromsucrose as carbon source [3] Invertase from Penicilliumexpansum was also produced under submerged conditionsusing cells immobilized in synthetic fibers and polyurethanefoam with fructooligosaccharides production being simul-taneously evaluated along enzyme production with fruc-tooligosaccharides production of 1203 and 1048 gL respec-tively and high invertase activity (2301 UmL and 3242UmL respectively) [31]
For the next step of this work Aspergillus sp PC-4 wasselected to parametric optimization of culture medium for120573-fructofuranosidase and 120573 ndashD-fructosyltransferase produc-tion under submerged conditions Although low invertaseproduction values have been obtained from other screenedfungi it was clear that these fungal strains are potentialenzyme producers for food industry and their cultivationparameters demand future investigation
31 Molecular Identification of Aspergillus sp PC-4 Mo-lecular identification revealed that the isolated strainsshowed 100 sequence similarity with Aspergillus carbonar-ius (GeneBank accession no AJ876878) (Figure 1) There-fore the isolated strain was referred to in this work as
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Table1Filamentous
fung
istrains
morph
ologiesisolatedfro
mcann
edpeachsyrups
andinvertasep
rodu
ction
Filamentous
fung
iColon
ymorph
olog
yInvertasea
ctivity
Yps
PpBiom
ass
(Um
l)lowast(gL)
Aspergillus
spP
C-1
Colon
iesa
recompactyellowmycelium
whitewith
denselayer
ofblackconidiaheadsCon
idialh
eads
are
glob
osedark
brow
nCon
idiaareg
lobo
sedarkbrow
n18
6b16317
027
572
Aspergillus
spP
C-2
Colon
iesa
regranularw
hitemycelium
with
yello
w-green
conidiah
eadsC
onidialh
eads
arer
adiateC
onidiaare
glob
osepalegreen
123c
11090
018
556
Penicilliu
mspP
C-3
Colon
iesa
recompactw
hitemycelium
with
denselayer
ofgreenconidiaCon
idiaareh
yalin
eand
inlong
chain
glob
osegreenish
106c
9520
016
267
Aspergillus
spP
C-4
Colon
iesa
recompactyellowmycelium
with
denselayer
ofblackconidiaheadsCon
idialh
eads
areg
lobo
se
dark
brow
nCon
idiaareg
lobo
sedarkbrow
n247
a22230
037
554
Aspergillus
spP
C-5
Colon
iesa
reflo
ccosewhite-yellowmyceliumw
ithbrow
nconidiah
eadsC
onidialh
eads
arer
adiateC
onidia
ares
spheric
alpaleb
rown
196b
1518
2025
537
Aspergillus
spP
C-6
Colon
iesa
recompactw
hite-yellowmycelium
with
denselayer
ofblackconidiah
eadsC
onidialh
eads
are
glob
osedark
brow
nCon
idiaareg
lobo
sedarkbrow
n13
0c9728
016
602
Cultu
recond
ition
sCu
ltivatio
nwe
recarriedou
tat28∘C
180r
pmfor7
2ho
urslowastMeanvalues
with
thes
amelette
rdono
tstatisticallydifferfrom
each
otherb
ytheANOVA
Tukeytest(p
=005)
6 The Scientific World Journal
Aspergillus_tubingensis_NR_131293_189
89
95
52
100
100
99
99
Aspergillus_tubingensis_GQ379912_1Aspergillus_niger_MH562047_1Aspergillus_niger_NR_111348_1
Aspergillus_heteromorphus_MF379647_1Aspergillus_heteromorphus_NR_106306_1
Aspergillus_ellipticus_NR_103605_1
Aspergillus_brasiliensis_NR_111414_1Aspergillus_brasiliensis_MH858557_1
Aspergillus_carbonarius_AJ876878_1Aspergillus_carbonarius_PC-4
Aspergillus_ellipticus_MH858677_1
Figure 1 The neighborjoining tree inferred from the partial sequence of the ITS region dataset using Mega 60 The bootstrap was 2000replications to assess the reliable level to the nods of the tree
0123456789
10
Pure carbon sources (1 wv)InvertaseFtase
Enzy
me a
ctiv
ity (U
mL)
Glu
cose
Fruc
tose
Xylo
se
Sucr
ose
Lact
ose
Cell
obio
se
Mal
tose
Raffi
nose
Inul
in
Cel
lulo
se
Gly
cero
l
Sorb
itol
Figure 2 Pure carbons sources on invertase and120573-D-fructosyltransferaseproduction by blackAspergillus sp PC-4 strain Culture conditionscultivation was carried out at 28∘C 180 rpm for 120 hours
Aspergillus carbonarius PC-4 A carbonarius strains havebeen extensively studied for ochratoxin A production infruits and beverages [32ndash34] Regarding enzyme productionA carbonarius have been studied for cell plant polysac-charides degradation [35] polygalacturonase and pectinaseproduction [36ndash38] and also 120573-Xylosidase [39] among otherbiotechnological studies To our knowledge in this study Acarbonarius PC-4 strain was first time reported to produceinvertase and fructosyltransferase under cost-effective fer-mentation media
32 Effect of Pure Carbon Sources on Invertase and FTaseProduction In order to determine the regulatory mechanismof invertase and FTase synthesis by A carbonarius PC-4several carbohydrates besides glycerol and sorbitol wereused as sole carbon sources in the cultures (Figure 2) Inthese experiments mono- di- and poly-carbohydrate andalcohol were evaluated as energy and inducing carbon sourceto distinguish the production mechanism and secretion ofenzymes Inducible enzymes are produced in the presence ofa potential substrate which stimulates the enzyme productionand secretion whereas the constitutive enzymes can be
produced in the absence of inducing substrate and thiscarbon source can be used as adjunct to increase the enzymeproduction
The highest invertase production was observed fromsucrose (265 UmL) whereas highest FTase production wasobtained from glucose (865 UmL) Glucose and raffinosewere intermediary sources for invertase production (185UmL and 180 UmL respectively) Sucrose and raffinosewere also intermediary sources to FTase production (660UmL and 307 UmL respectively) The lowest enzymeproduction values were observed using fructose lactosecellobiose maltose inulin cellulose glycerol and sorbitol
Fermentation parameters showed highest invertase yieldof 2650 Ug and productivity of 073 Uh from sucrosefollowed by glucose (119884119875119878 = 1850 Ug 119875119875 = 051 Uh) andraffinose (119884119875119878 = 1800 Ug 119875119875 = 050 Uh) RegardingFTase production the highest fermentation parameter valueswere observed from glucose (119884119875119878 = 8650 Ug 119875119875 = 240Uh) followed by sucrose (119884119875119878 = 6600 Ug 119875119875 = 183Uh) (Table 2) Biomass produced by filamentous fungifrom pure carbon source ranged from 381 gL to 672 gLwith sucrose and glucose resulting in 631 gL and 641 gL
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Table 2 Fermentation parameters for invertase and FTase production by A carbonarius PC-4 on pure carbon sources
Pure Carbon SourcesFermentation Parameters
Invertase Fructosyltransferase BiomassYps Pp Yps Pp (gL)
Glucose 4775 008 9840 016 561Frutose 993 002 2999 005 527Xylose 1091 002 3924 007 602Sucrose 1747 003 3199 005 679Lactose 1327 002 1236 002 630Cellobiose 1280 002 4598 008 621Maltose 1911 003 8710 015 627Raffinose 10051 016 14570 024 451Inulin 7597 013 14334 024 668Cellulose 2380 004 984 002 951Glycerol 2737 004 6583 011 364Sorbitol 1459 002 4598 008 656Culture conditions Cultivation were carried out at 28∘C 180 rpm 72 hours
biomass respectively Raffinose was observed as pure carbonsources for invertase production using Paecilomyces variotii[14] Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus fumigatus [40]Rezende and Felix [40] related that raffinose as well asother oligosaccharides may be hydrolyzed by 120572-galactosidaseor invertase (120573-fructofuranosidase) which cleaves the 120572-12linkage of sucrose moiety producing melibiose and fructoseVainstein and Peberdy [41] observed that invertase activitieswere found inA nidulans cultures using sucrose and raffinoseas the best inducers and raffinose seemed to be the bestcarbon source for invertase secretion
Our results suggest that A carbonarius PC-4 producesa constitutive enzyme using a wide variety of carbohydratesand glycerol alcohol Vainstein and Peberdy [41] related thatthe A nidulans produced a constitutive level of invertase ina wide variety of carbohydrates with 3 glucose resulting inthe lowest activity while 1 raffinose and sucrose providedhighest activities In this study maltose melibiose glyceroland trehalose (1 wv) also induced invertase productionat similar values Rubio and Navarro [10] evaluated theregulation of invertase production by Aspergillus niger strainisolated from rotten lemons The highest invertase produc-tions were observed from inulin raffinose turanose andsucroseThe authors suggest that inducing sugars of invertasesynthesis exhibit the 120573 linkage and fructose located at theend of molecule as a common feature of their structure The120573 linkage does not cause induction of enzyme productionas shown with cellobiose and gentiobiose whereas the 120572linkage has not effect at all as demonstrated with maltoseandmelibiose On the other hand glucose and fructose failedto induce the invertase synthesis a fact that suggests thesecarbohydrates are not involved in the mechanism of invertasesynthesis induction for A niger strain
Glucose has extensively been related as repressor ofinvertase production by many filamentous fungi [14 4243] Glucose supplementation (10 wv) was the secondcarbon source which induced more efficiently the invertaseproduction by A carbonarius PC-4 (Figure 2 and Table 2)
Alegre et al [44] observed an intracellular invertase level 5-fold higher from 1 glucose than the absence of this carbonsource in cultivations of Aspergillus caespitosus Howeverall glucose concentrations were tested with exception of10 and 20 glucose (wv) the extracellular activity washigher than the intracellular one Giraldo et al [14] reportedthe effect of glucose or fructose addition to the culturemedia containing soy bran as main carbon source over intra-and extracellular invertase production by P variotii undersubmerged fermentation
33 Effect of Complex Carbon Sources on Invertase and FTaseProduction Themajor bottleneck in enzyme production andits industrial application is the relative high production costand low enzyme yields The use of agroindustrial residuesas raw materials decreases the impact on environment sincethe reuse of waste materials can reduce their accumulation inthe environment with additional economic value due to theirbiotechnological application [45] Besides agroindustrialresidues can be used as carbon sources by several microor-ganisms to produce high-value added chemicals such as car-bohydrases including invertases and fructosyltransferasesRecent studies have focused on the use of agroindustrialresidues for industrial enzyme production since it is one ofthe possible ways to reduce the production costs significantly[46]
In this study eleven agroindustrial residues were usedas carbon sources for invertase and FTase production byA carbonarius PC-4 (Figure 3) The invertase and FTaseproduction presented significance (plt005) when pineapplecrown was used as carbons sources The highest invertaseactivity (671 UmL) was observed after 3 days of cultivationand highest FTase activity was observed after 5 days ofcultivation (1460 UmL) representing 145-fold higher thanvalues obtained from other tested carbon sources
Fermentation parameters showed the highest values forinvertase production (119884119901119904 = 58697 Ug of substrate and119875119901 =
8 The Scientific World Journal
0123456789
10
Complex carbon sources (1 wv)72 hours120 hours
A
BC
G
D D
GE
F F G
a
b bcc
d
g
de e
g
f
gInve
rtas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
pine
appl
e cro
wn
swee
t pot
ato
flour
suga
rcan
e bag
asse
corn
cob
cass
ava p
ee1
soyb
ean
peel
soyb
ean
bran
corn
stra
w
baca
ba p
eel
sorg
hum
bra
n
whe
at b
ran
(a)
05
101520253035
Complex carbon sources (1 wv)72 hours120 hours
a
e
b
g
cd c
g
c
f f
d
AB
CCD
HF
G
D D
IF
Ftas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
pine
appl
e cro
wn
swee
t pot
ato
flour
suga
rcan
e bag
asse
corn
cob
cass
ava p
ee1
soyb
ean
peel
soyb
ean
bran
corn
stra
w
baca
ba p
eel
sorg
hum
bra
n
whe
at b
ran
(b)
Figure 3 Complex carbon sources on invertase (a) and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (b) by black Aspergillus sp PC-4 Culture conditionscomplex carbon sources (10 wv) yeast extract (02 wv) 28∘C 180 rpm Mean values with the same letter do not statistically differfrom each other by the ANOVA Tukey test (p = 005)
098 Uh) and FTase (119884119901119904 = 145900 Ug of substrate and 119875119901= 194 Uh) after 3 and 5 days of cultivations respectivelyusing pineapple crown as carbon source (Table 3) Oyedejiet al [2] observed invertase production of 2146 UmL after120 h incubation using pineapple peel as substrate Theseauthors stated that the increased invertase production mightbe due to utilization of pineapple peel by A niger IBK1 forgrowth and hence enzyme production However decreasingvalues of enzyme production could be due to exhaustion ofglucose a primary metabolite obtained in the degradationof substrate which is required for growth or increase ofmetabolic intermediates secreted into fermentation medium
In this study pineapple crownwas chemical characterizedpresenting 286 total carbon 18 total nitrogen with aCN ratio of 157 77 humidity 60 ashes 67 totallipids t115 total protein and 681 total carbohydratesPineapple wastes were also used to produce other carbohy-drate hydrolases such as 120573-glucosidase [46] and cellulases[47] Pineapple peel is a byproduct resulted from canningprocessing of pineapple which produces about 35 fruitwaste and lead to serious environmental pollutionThis wastecontains considerable amounts of soluble sugars such assucrose whichmakes it suitable as substrate for microbial fer-mentations [2 48]Therefore the pineapple peel compositionis an attractive alternative for fungal growth due to its lowcost and availability of carbon and nitrogen sources besideminerals Agroindustrial residues such as pineapple peel aretherefore suitable substrates for microbial cultivation andproduction of molecules with biotechnological importancesuch as enzymes and other value-added products [49] Onthe other hand pineapple crown is firstly related in this studyas a potential carbon source substrate for enzyme productionand to obtain value-added products Pineapple crown usedfor invertase and FTase production presented centesimal
composition as follows () moisture 770 plusmn 075 lipids 670plusmn 132 proteins 1148 plusmn 022 carbohydrates 6810 plusmn 103ashes 605 plusmn 007 carbon 2865 plusmn 018 and nitrogen 184 plusmn003
Intermediary values of invertase production were foundwith soybean peel and corn straw (439UmL and 424UmLrespectively) after 3 days of cultivation and sweet potato flour(435 UmL) after 4 days of cultivation Sugarcane bagassecassava peel and bacaba peel can be considered substrateswith potential use for invertase production after optimizationprocess of culture conditions since these substrates inducedthe enzyme production ranging from 25 to 322 UmLwhereas wheat bran soybean bran sorghum bran and corncob were weak inducers for invertase production by black Acarbonarius PC-4 On the other hand intermediary values ofFTase production were observed from cassava peel soybeanpeel corn straw sugarcane bagasse sweet potato and wheatbran (640 to 1165 UmL) and low production was observedfrom corn cob soybean bran bacaba peel and sorghumbran The fermentation parameters using sweet potato floursugarcane bagasse corn cob and wheat bran can indicatethat these substrates would be potential carbon sources forinvertase and FTase production under optimized conditionsor used as mixed substrates in fermentation processesGuimaraes et al [12] stated that many enzymes of industrialsignificance are regulated by carbon source composition andthe use of agroindustrial residues for extracellular invertaseproduction by Aspergillus ochraceus using sugarcane bagasseand corn cob was effective in promoting the production ofextracellular invertase substantially lowering the productioncosts Giraldo et al [14] have reported the promising uti-lization of liquid medium supplemented with agroindustrialwastes as carbon source especially soy bran or wheat branresulting in higher extracellular activity of invertase produced
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Table3Ferm
entatio
nparametersfor
invertasea
nd120573-D
-fructosyltransfe
raseprod
uctio
nby
blackAspergillus
spP
C-4on
complex
carbon
sources
Com
ponent
Ferm
entatio
nparameters
72ho
urs
120ho
urs
Invertase
FTase
Biom
ass
Invertase
FTase
Biom
ass
Yps
PpYp
sPp
Yps
PpYp
sPp
Com
plex
carbon
sources(
10w
v)
Pineapplec
rown
58697
098
133843
223
670
57416
096
145900
194
788
Sweetp
otatoflo
ur35280
059
3314
3055
524
40221
067
73035
121
576
Sugarcaneb
agasse
3813
8064
1240
01
210
910
1079
2018
7310
012
199
3Corncob
26324
044
nd
nd
904
1870
3031
72390
120
908
Cassava
peel
1319
8022
40272
142
678
3310
006
24832
041
634
Soybeanpeel
2612
004
1041
002
967
2715
005
10276
006
1057
Soybeanbran
27352
046
nd
nd
561
31226
052
47618
079
521
Bacaba
peel
840
001
582
027
980
2151
004
nd
nd
999
Cornstr
aw2268
004
2476
004
1098
1386
002
4062
006
1163
Sorghu
mbran
2291
3038
28202
050
571
3791
006
25240
042
648
Wheatbram
40575
068
5177
1086
647
17885
030
67015
111
678
Nitr
ogen
sources(
02
wv)
Ammon
ium
nitrate
34082
094
108247
300
772
2316
7064
240
786
400
576
Ammon
ium
choride
49325
137
209681
582
790
5292
814
72114
51
352
600
Ammoinium
sulfate
51457
143
135937
377
824
41471
116
200
623
334
620
Yeastextract
53685
149
117666
327
833
39428
109
179910
300
640
Pepton
e42617
118
132282
367
853
39874
111
184956
310
592
Soybeanprotein
3296
8091
135120
375
848
25636
071
26279
3438
850
Cornste
epliq
uor
28717
098
111773
310
770
24058
067
184704
308
562
Cultu
recond
ition
sCu
ltivatio
nwe
recarriedou
tat28∘Cfor180
rpm
10 The Scientific World Journal
0123456789
10
Inve
rtas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
Nitrogen sources (02 wv)72 hours120 hours
aab
FG
de
ef fg
ABA
C
DE
FA
mm
oniu
m n
itrat
e
Am
mon
ium
chlo
ride
Am
mon
ium
sulfa
te
Yeas
t ext
ract
Pept
one
Soyb
ean
prot
ein
Cor
n ste
ep li
quor
(a)
Nitrogen sources (02 wv)72 hours120 hours
a a aab abc
bc
d
AABBC
CDEF DE DE
Am
mon
ium
nitr
ate
Am
mon
ium
chlo
ride
Am
mon
ium
sulfa
te
Yeas
t ext
ract
Pept
one
Soyb
ean
prot
ein
Cor
n ste
ep li
quor
05
101520253035
FTas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
(b)
Figure 4 Organic and inorganic nitrogen sources on invertase (a) and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (b) production by A carbonarius PC-4Culture conditions pineapple crown (10 wv) nitrogen sources (02 wv) 28∘C 180 rpm Mean values with the same letter do notstatistically differ from each other by the ANOVA Tukey test (p = 005)
by Paecilomyces variotii which was 7 and 46 times higherfrom soy bran than those estimated for sucrose and glucoserespectively
34 Effect of Nitrogen Sources on Invertase and FTase Pro-duction Nitrogen sources have an important role in fer-mentation processes in which the microbial growth andenzyme secretion are directly affected by nitrogen com-position Organic and inorganic nitrogen sources play animportant role in the synthesis of enzymes since inorganicnitrogen sources can be used quickly and organic sources cansupply many cell growth factors and amino acids needed forcell metabolism and enzyme production [50] The invertaseand FTase production by A carbonarius PC-4 using differ-ent nitrogen sources such as ammonium ions (ammoniumnitrate ammonium chloride and ammonium sulfate) yeastextract peptone soybean protein and corn steep liquor afterthree and five days of cultivation can be observed in Figure 4Highest invertase activities were observed from ammoniumchloride and yeast extract (640 UmL and 613 UmLrespectively) which did not present differences in analysisof variance (pgt005) followed by ammonium sulfate andpeptone (590 UmL and 550 UmL respectively) after threedays of cultivation Ammonium nitrate soybean protein andcorn steep liquor induced the lowest invertase productionAfter five days of cultivation the invertase activity decreasedfrom all evaluated nitrogen sources indicating a microbialgrowth suppression caused by exhaustion of nutrient in theculture medium
Fermentation parameters for invertase productionshowed highest yield and productivity from yeast extract(119884119875119878 = 53685 Ug 119875P = 149 Uh) followed by ammoniumsulfate (119884119875119878 = 51457 Ug 119875119875 = 137 Uh) after three daysof cultivation (Table 3) The maximum biomass production
was observed after three days of cultivation using organic orinorganic nitrogen sources (770 ndash853 gL) After five daysof cultivation biomass production decreased though FTaseproduction was observed suggesting an extracellular enzymeproduction which was secreted to the medium (Figure 3)Giraldo et al [14] also observed the influence of organic andinorganic nitrogen sources on enzyme production Maximalproduction of extracellular invertase was obtained whenpeptonewas added to the culturemedium while peptone andammonium phosphate were both the best nitrogen sourcesfor the intracellular form Vandakova et al [6] observedsimilar results using yeast extract as nitrogen source Theseauthors related that the advantage of using yeast extractcompared to inorganic nitrogen substrates possibly is basedon supplementation of some essential growth factors for themicroorganism
FTase productionwas not statistically significant (pgt005)for enzyme activity using inorganic and organic nitrogensources although the highest activity was observed withsoybean protein and ammonium nitrate (2490 UmL and2400 UmL respectively) after five days of cultivationFermentation parameters for FTase production under theseevaluated conditions were 119884119875119878 = 262793 Ug and 119875119875 = 440Uh for soybean protein and 119884119875119878 = 240786 Ug and 119875119875 =400 Uh for ammonium nitrate Ammonium chloride wasalso a promising nitrogen source for enzyme productionfrom which were obtained high invertase production value(2140 UmL) and significant fermentation parameters ofyield and productivity (119884119875119878 = 211451 Ug and 119875119875 = 312Uh respectively)The lowest FTase productionwas observedusing yeast extract (1780 UmL 119884119875119878 = 179910 Ug and119875119875 = 300 Uh respectively) FTase production after threedays of cultivation showed similar activities among cornsteep liquor peptone soybean protein ammonium sulfate
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12 120967260483624Time-course of cultivation (hours)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Inve
rtas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
(a)
06
121824303642485460
24 240216192168144120967248
FTas
e act
ivity
(Um
l)
Time-course of cultivation (hours)
(b)
0500
10001500200025003000350040004500
24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 240
Yiel
d (U
g o
f sub
stra
te)
Time-course (hours)
Invertase(c)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 240
Prod
uctiv
ity (U
gh
)
Time-course (hours)
Invertase(d)
Figure 5 Time-course and fermentation parameters of invertase and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (FTase) produced by 119860 carbonarius PC-4Legend (a) invertase production (b) FTase production (c) yield of production for invertase and FTase (d) productivity for invertase andFTase Culture conditions invertase productionwas carried out using pineapple crown (10wv) yeast extract (02wv) FTase productionwas carried out using pineapple crown (10 wv) and soybean protein (02 wv) cultures were carried out at 28∘C pH 60 and 180 rpm
yeast extract and ammonium chloride ranging from 1120to 1520 UmL except for ammonium nitrate from whichwas observed to have lower FTase activity of 780 UmLUnder these conditions productivity after three days ofcultivations showed higher enzyme activity values comparedto those obtained after five days indicating which the cultureparameters should be optimized to improve the enzymeproduction
35 Time-Course of Invertase and FTase Production Time-course of invertase and FTase production by A carbonariusPC-4 were carried out using the culture conditions estab-lished previously using the carbon and nitrogen sourcesselected (Figure 5) Invertase production was carried outusing pineapple crown (10 wv) as carbon source andammonium chloride (02 wv) as nitrogen source whileFTase production was carried out using pineapple crown(10 wv) as carbon source and soybean protein (02 wv)as nitrogen source Both cultivations were carried out at180 rpm and 28∘C during 120 h and 240 h respectively Max-imum invertase production was observed among 60 h and96 h of cultivation (1100 and 1252 UmL respectively) with
the highest production after 96 h (1252 UmL) (Figure 4(a))Under these culture conditions fermentation parametersshowed maximum yield after 72 h with 107390 Ug andproductivity of 630 Uh after 24 h (Figures 4(c) and 4(d))For FTase the maximum production was observed after168 h (4440 UmL) (Figure 4(b)) Fermentation parame-ters showed also maximum yield and productivity (119884119875119878= 598271 Ug and 119875119875 = 1000 Uh respectively) after168 h
4 Concluding Remarks
The screening of filamentous fungi from canned peach syruppresented potential Aspergillus spp for invertase productionunder submerged fermentation Among six potential isolatesblack Aspergillus sp PC-4 strain was selected to invertase andFTase production This strain was identified as Aspergilluscarbonarius PC-4 To our knowledge it is the first time thatA carbonarius strain is reported as an invertase and FTaseproducer in the literature Cultivation using pure carbonsources showed that this strain produces invertase in a con-stitutive way and FTase was inducible Agroindustrial wastes
12 The Scientific World Journal
were used as complex carbon sources and the pineapplecrown was a promising substrate for invertase and FTaseproduction Furthermore pineapple crown is firstly related inthis study as carbon source for enzyme production Nitrogensources showed that organic and inorganic sources can beused to both enzymes production though the ammoniumchloride and yeast extract were the best nitrogen sourcesfor invertase production (sim66 UmL) after three days ofcultivation while soybean protein and ammonium nitratewere the best sources for FTase production (sim24 UmL) afterfive days of cultivation Time-course of enzyme productionshowed an increase of 510-fold in the invertase productioncompared to initial experiments (screening of fungi) andFTase production increased 30-fold after 196 h of cultivationcompared to complex carbon sources (1460 UmL) Thisstudy showed that A carbonarius PC-4 is a promising fungalstrain for invertase and FTase production considering cost-benefit conditions and the enzymes produced are suitable forfood and nutraceuticals industries in order to obtain invertedsugar fructose syrups and fructooligosaccharides
Data Availability
The datasets analysed during the current study are notpublicly available due to continuing of the doctoral thesis butare available from the corresponding author on reasonablerequest
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interestregarding the publication of this paper
Acknowledgments
Alex Fernando de Almeida thanks the Federal Universityof Tocantins by Productivity grant (Edital 312015) andCoordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nıvel Supe-rior Brasil (CAPES) for the scholarship awarded to RyharaDias Batista
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[40] S T de Rezende and C R Felix ldquoRaffinose-hydrolyzing activityofAspergillus fumigatusrdquo Biotechnology Letters vol 19 no 3 pp217ndash220 1997
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[42] L H S Guimaraes A F Somera H F TerenziM D L T DMPolizeli and J A Jorge ldquoProduction of 120573-fructofuranosidasesby Aspergillus niveus using agroindustrial residues as carbonsources Characterization of an intracellular enzyme accumu-lated in the presence of glucoserdquo Process Biochemistry vol 44no 2 pp 237ndash241 2009
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Table1Filamentous
fung
istrains
morph
ologiesisolatedfro
mcann
edpeachsyrups
andinvertasep
rodu
ction
Filamentous
fung
iColon
ymorph
olog
yInvertasea
ctivity
Yps
PpBiom
ass
(Um
l)lowast(gL)
Aspergillus
spP
C-1
Colon
iesa
recompactyellowmycelium
whitewith
denselayer
ofblackconidiaheadsCon
idialh
eads
are
glob
osedark
brow
nCon
idiaareg
lobo
sedarkbrow
n18
6b16317
027
572
Aspergillus
spP
C-2
Colon
iesa
regranularw
hitemycelium
with
yello
w-green
conidiah
eadsC
onidialh
eads
arer
adiateC
onidiaare
glob
osepalegreen
123c
11090
018
556
Penicilliu
mspP
C-3
Colon
iesa
recompactw
hitemycelium
with
denselayer
ofgreenconidiaCon
idiaareh
yalin
eand
inlong
chain
glob
osegreenish
106c
9520
016
267
Aspergillus
spP
C-4
Colon
iesa
recompactyellowmycelium
with
denselayer
ofblackconidiaheadsCon
idialh
eads
areg
lobo
se
dark
brow
nCon
idiaareg
lobo
sedarkbrow
n247
a22230
037
554
Aspergillus
spP
C-5
Colon
iesa
reflo
ccosewhite-yellowmyceliumw
ithbrow
nconidiah
eadsC
onidialh
eads
arer
adiateC
onidia
ares
spheric
alpaleb
rown
196b
1518
2025
537
Aspergillus
spP
C-6
Colon
iesa
recompactw
hite-yellowmycelium
with
denselayer
ofblackconidiah
eadsC
onidialh
eads
are
glob
osedark
brow
nCon
idiaareg
lobo
sedarkbrow
n13
0c9728
016
602
Cultu
recond
ition
sCu
ltivatio
nwe
recarriedou
tat28∘C
180r
pmfor7
2ho
urslowastMeanvalues
with
thes
amelette
rdono
tstatisticallydifferfrom
each
otherb
ytheANOVA
Tukeytest(p
=005)
6 The Scientific World Journal
Aspergillus_tubingensis_NR_131293_189
89
95
52
100
100
99
99
Aspergillus_tubingensis_GQ379912_1Aspergillus_niger_MH562047_1Aspergillus_niger_NR_111348_1
Aspergillus_heteromorphus_MF379647_1Aspergillus_heteromorphus_NR_106306_1
Aspergillus_ellipticus_NR_103605_1
Aspergillus_brasiliensis_NR_111414_1Aspergillus_brasiliensis_MH858557_1
Aspergillus_carbonarius_AJ876878_1Aspergillus_carbonarius_PC-4
Aspergillus_ellipticus_MH858677_1
Figure 1 The neighborjoining tree inferred from the partial sequence of the ITS region dataset using Mega 60 The bootstrap was 2000replications to assess the reliable level to the nods of the tree
0123456789
10
Pure carbon sources (1 wv)InvertaseFtase
Enzy
me a
ctiv
ity (U
mL)
Glu
cose
Fruc
tose
Xylo
se
Sucr
ose
Lact
ose
Cell
obio
se
Mal
tose
Raffi
nose
Inul
in
Cel
lulo
se
Gly
cero
l
Sorb
itol
Figure 2 Pure carbons sources on invertase and120573-D-fructosyltransferaseproduction by blackAspergillus sp PC-4 strain Culture conditionscultivation was carried out at 28∘C 180 rpm for 120 hours
Aspergillus carbonarius PC-4 A carbonarius strains havebeen extensively studied for ochratoxin A production infruits and beverages [32ndash34] Regarding enzyme productionA carbonarius have been studied for cell plant polysac-charides degradation [35] polygalacturonase and pectinaseproduction [36ndash38] and also 120573-Xylosidase [39] among otherbiotechnological studies To our knowledge in this study Acarbonarius PC-4 strain was first time reported to produceinvertase and fructosyltransferase under cost-effective fer-mentation media
32 Effect of Pure Carbon Sources on Invertase and FTaseProduction In order to determine the regulatory mechanismof invertase and FTase synthesis by A carbonarius PC-4several carbohydrates besides glycerol and sorbitol wereused as sole carbon sources in the cultures (Figure 2) Inthese experiments mono- di- and poly-carbohydrate andalcohol were evaluated as energy and inducing carbon sourceto distinguish the production mechanism and secretion ofenzymes Inducible enzymes are produced in the presence ofa potential substrate which stimulates the enzyme productionand secretion whereas the constitutive enzymes can be
produced in the absence of inducing substrate and thiscarbon source can be used as adjunct to increase the enzymeproduction
The highest invertase production was observed fromsucrose (265 UmL) whereas highest FTase production wasobtained from glucose (865 UmL) Glucose and raffinosewere intermediary sources for invertase production (185UmL and 180 UmL respectively) Sucrose and raffinosewere also intermediary sources to FTase production (660UmL and 307 UmL respectively) The lowest enzymeproduction values were observed using fructose lactosecellobiose maltose inulin cellulose glycerol and sorbitol
Fermentation parameters showed highest invertase yieldof 2650 Ug and productivity of 073 Uh from sucrosefollowed by glucose (119884119875119878 = 1850 Ug 119875119875 = 051 Uh) andraffinose (119884119875119878 = 1800 Ug 119875119875 = 050 Uh) RegardingFTase production the highest fermentation parameter valueswere observed from glucose (119884119875119878 = 8650 Ug 119875119875 = 240Uh) followed by sucrose (119884119875119878 = 6600 Ug 119875119875 = 183Uh) (Table 2) Biomass produced by filamentous fungifrom pure carbon source ranged from 381 gL to 672 gLwith sucrose and glucose resulting in 631 gL and 641 gL
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Table 2 Fermentation parameters for invertase and FTase production by A carbonarius PC-4 on pure carbon sources
Pure Carbon SourcesFermentation Parameters
Invertase Fructosyltransferase BiomassYps Pp Yps Pp (gL)
Glucose 4775 008 9840 016 561Frutose 993 002 2999 005 527Xylose 1091 002 3924 007 602Sucrose 1747 003 3199 005 679Lactose 1327 002 1236 002 630Cellobiose 1280 002 4598 008 621Maltose 1911 003 8710 015 627Raffinose 10051 016 14570 024 451Inulin 7597 013 14334 024 668Cellulose 2380 004 984 002 951Glycerol 2737 004 6583 011 364Sorbitol 1459 002 4598 008 656Culture conditions Cultivation were carried out at 28∘C 180 rpm 72 hours
biomass respectively Raffinose was observed as pure carbonsources for invertase production using Paecilomyces variotii[14] Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus fumigatus [40]Rezende and Felix [40] related that raffinose as well asother oligosaccharides may be hydrolyzed by 120572-galactosidaseor invertase (120573-fructofuranosidase) which cleaves the 120572-12linkage of sucrose moiety producing melibiose and fructoseVainstein and Peberdy [41] observed that invertase activitieswere found inA nidulans cultures using sucrose and raffinoseas the best inducers and raffinose seemed to be the bestcarbon source for invertase secretion
Our results suggest that A carbonarius PC-4 producesa constitutive enzyme using a wide variety of carbohydratesand glycerol alcohol Vainstein and Peberdy [41] related thatthe A nidulans produced a constitutive level of invertase ina wide variety of carbohydrates with 3 glucose resulting inthe lowest activity while 1 raffinose and sucrose providedhighest activities In this study maltose melibiose glyceroland trehalose (1 wv) also induced invertase productionat similar values Rubio and Navarro [10] evaluated theregulation of invertase production by Aspergillus niger strainisolated from rotten lemons The highest invertase produc-tions were observed from inulin raffinose turanose andsucroseThe authors suggest that inducing sugars of invertasesynthesis exhibit the 120573 linkage and fructose located at theend of molecule as a common feature of their structure The120573 linkage does not cause induction of enzyme productionas shown with cellobiose and gentiobiose whereas the 120572linkage has not effect at all as demonstrated with maltoseandmelibiose On the other hand glucose and fructose failedto induce the invertase synthesis a fact that suggests thesecarbohydrates are not involved in the mechanism of invertasesynthesis induction for A niger strain
Glucose has extensively been related as repressor ofinvertase production by many filamentous fungi [14 4243] Glucose supplementation (10 wv) was the secondcarbon source which induced more efficiently the invertaseproduction by A carbonarius PC-4 (Figure 2 and Table 2)
Alegre et al [44] observed an intracellular invertase level 5-fold higher from 1 glucose than the absence of this carbonsource in cultivations of Aspergillus caespitosus Howeverall glucose concentrations were tested with exception of10 and 20 glucose (wv) the extracellular activity washigher than the intracellular one Giraldo et al [14] reportedthe effect of glucose or fructose addition to the culturemedia containing soy bran as main carbon source over intra-and extracellular invertase production by P variotii undersubmerged fermentation
33 Effect of Complex Carbon Sources on Invertase and FTaseProduction Themajor bottleneck in enzyme production andits industrial application is the relative high production costand low enzyme yields The use of agroindustrial residuesas raw materials decreases the impact on environment sincethe reuse of waste materials can reduce their accumulation inthe environment with additional economic value due to theirbiotechnological application [45] Besides agroindustrialresidues can be used as carbon sources by several microor-ganisms to produce high-value added chemicals such as car-bohydrases including invertases and fructosyltransferasesRecent studies have focused on the use of agroindustrialresidues for industrial enzyme production since it is one ofthe possible ways to reduce the production costs significantly[46]
In this study eleven agroindustrial residues were usedas carbon sources for invertase and FTase production byA carbonarius PC-4 (Figure 3) The invertase and FTaseproduction presented significance (plt005) when pineapplecrown was used as carbons sources The highest invertaseactivity (671 UmL) was observed after 3 days of cultivationand highest FTase activity was observed after 5 days ofcultivation (1460 UmL) representing 145-fold higher thanvalues obtained from other tested carbon sources
Fermentation parameters showed the highest values forinvertase production (119884119901119904 = 58697 Ug of substrate and119875119901 =
8 The Scientific World Journal
0123456789
10
Complex carbon sources (1 wv)72 hours120 hours
A
BC
G
D D
GE
F F G
a
b bcc
d
g
de e
g
f
gInve
rtas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
pine
appl
e cro
wn
swee
t pot
ato
flour
suga
rcan
e bag
asse
corn
cob
cass
ava p
ee1
soyb
ean
peel
soyb
ean
bran
corn
stra
w
baca
ba p
eel
sorg
hum
bra
n
whe
at b
ran
(a)
05
101520253035
Complex carbon sources (1 wv)72 hours120 hours
a
e
b
g
cd c
g
c
f f
d
AB
CCD
HF
G
D D
IF
Ftas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
pine
appl
e cro
wn
swee
t pot
ato
flour
suga
rcan
e bag
asse
corn
cob
cass
ava p
ee1
soyb
ean
peel
soyb
ean
bran
corn
stra
w
baca
ba p
eel
sorg
hum
bra
n
whe
at b
ran
(b)
Figure 3 Complex carbon sources on invertase (a) and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (b) by black Aspergillus sp PC-4 Culture conditionscomplex carbon sources (10 wv) yeast extract (02 wv) 28∘C 180 rpm Mean values with the same letter do not statistically differfrom each other by the ANOVA Tukey test (p = 005)
098 Uh) and FTase (119884119901119904 = 145900 Ug of substrate and 119875119901= 194 Uh) after 3 and 5 days of cultivations respectivelyusing pineapple crown as carbon source (Table 3) Oyedejiet al [2] observed invertase production of 2146 UmL after120 h incubation using pineapple peel as substrate Theseauthors stated that the increased invertase production mightbe due to utilization of pineapple peel by A niger IBK1 forgrowth and hence enzyme production However decreasingvalues of enzyme production could be due to exhaustion ofglucose a primary metabolite obtained in the degradationof substrate which is required for growth or increase ofmetabolic intermediates secreted into fermentation medium
In this study pineapple crownwas chemical characterizedpresenting 286 total carbon 18 total nitrogen with aCN ratio of 157 77 humidity 60 ashes 67 totallipids t115 total protein and 681 total carbohydratesPineapple wastes were also used to produce other carbohy-drate hydrolases such as 120573-glucosidase [46] and cellulases[47] Pineapple peel is a byproduct resulted from canningprocessing of pineapple which produces about 35 fruitwaste and lead to serious environmental pollutionThis wastecontains considerable amounts of soluble sugars such assucrose whichmakes it suitable as substrate for microbial fer-mentations [2 48]Therefore the pineapple peel compositionis an attractive alternative for fungal growth due to its lowcost and availability of carbon and nitrogen sources besideminerals Agroindustrial residues such as pineapple peel aretherefore suitable substrates for microbial cultivation andproduction of molecules with biotechnological importancesuch as enzymes and other value-added products [49] Onthe other hand pineapple crown is firstly related in this studyas a potential carbon source substrate for enzyme productionand to obtain value-added products Pineapple crown usedfor invertase and FTase production presented centesimal
composition as follows () moisture 770 plusmn 075 lipids 670plusmn 132 proteins 1148 plusmn 022 carbohydrates 6810 plusmn 103ashes 605 plusmn 007 carbon 2865 plusmn 018 and nitrogen 184 plusmn003
Intermediary values of invertase production were foundwith soybean peel and corn straw (439UmL and 424UmLrespectively) after 3 days of cultivation and sweet potato flour(435 UmL) after 4 days of cultivation Sugarcane bagassecassava peel and bacaba peel can be considered substrateswith potential use for invertase production after optimizationprocess of culture conditions since these substrates inducedthe enzyme production ranging from 25 to 322 UmLwhereas wheat bran soybean bran sorghum bran and corncob were weak inducers for invertase production by black Acarbonarius PC-4 On the other hand intermediary values ofFTase production were observed from cassava peel soybeanpeel corn straw sugarcane bagasse sweet potato and wheatbran (640 to 1165 UmL) and low production was observedfrom corn cob soybean bran bacaba peel and sorghumbran The fermentation parameters using sweet potato floursugarcane bagasse corn cob and wheat bran can indicatethat these substrates would be potential carbon sources forinvertase and FTase production under optimized conditionsor used as mixed substrates in fermentation processesGuimaraes et al [12] stated that many enzymes of industrialsignificance are regulated by carbon source composition andthe use of agroindustrial residues for extracellular invertaseproduction by Aspergillus ochraceus using sugarcane bagasseand corn cob was effective in promoting the production ofextracellular invertase substantially lowering the productioncosts Giraldo et al [14] have reported the promising uti-lization of liquid medium supplemented with agroindustrialwastes as carbon source especially soy bran or wheat branresulting in higher extracellular activity of invertase produced
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Table3Ferm
entatio
nparametersfor
invertasea
nd120573-D
-fructosyltransfe
raseprod
uctio
nby
blackAspergillus
spP
C-4on
complex
carbon
sources
Com
ponent
Ferm
entatio
nparameters
72ho
urs
120ho
urs
Invertase
FTase
Biom
ass
Invertase
FTase
Biom
ass
Yps
PpYp
sPp
Yps
PpYp
sPp
Com
plex
carbon
sources(
10w
v)
Pineapplec
rown
58697
098
133843
223
670
57416
096
145900
194
788
Sweetp
otatoflo
ur35280
059
3314
3055
524
40221
067
73035
121
576
Sugarcaneb
agasse
3813
8064
1240
01
210
910
1079
2018
7310
012
199
3Corncob
26324
044
nd
nd
904
1870
3031
72390
120
908
Cassava
peel
1319
8022
40272
142
678
3310
006
24832
041
634
Soybeanpeel
2612
004
1041
002
967
2715
005
10276
006
1057
Soybeanbran
27352
046
nd
nd
561
31226
052
47618
079
521
Bacaba
peel
840
001
582
027
980
2151
004
nd
nd
999
Cornstr
aw2268
004
2476
004
1098
1386
002
4062
006
1163
Sorghu
mbran
2291
3038
28202
050
571
3791
006
25240
042
648
Wheatbram
40575
068
5177
1086
647
17885
030
67015
111
678
Nitr
ogen
sources(
02
wv)
Ammon
ium
nitrate
34082
094
108247
300
772
2316
7064
240
786
400
576
Ammon
ium
choride
49325
137
209681
582
790
5292
814
72114
51
352
600
Ammoinium
sulfate
51457
143
135937
377
824
41471
116
200
623
334
620
Yeastextract
53685
149
117666
327
833
39428
109
179910
300
640
Pepton
e42617
118
132282
367
853
39874
111
184956
310
592
Soybeanprotein
3296
8091
135120
375
848
25636
071
26279
3438
850
Cornste
epliq
uor
28717
098
111773
310
770
24058
067
184704
308
562
Cultu
recond
ition
sCu
ltivatio
nwe
recarriedou
tat28∘Cfor180
rpm
10 The Scientific World Journal
0123456789
10
Inve
rtas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
Nitrogen sources (02 wv)72 hours120 hours
aab
FG
de
ef fg
ABA
C
DE
FA
mm
oniu
m n
itrat
e
Am
mon
ium
chlo
ride
Am
mon
ium
sulfa
te
Yeas
t ext
ract
Pept
one
Soyb
ean
prot
ein
Cor
n ste
ep li
quor
(a)
Nitrogen sources (02 wv)72 hours120 hours
a a aab abc
bc
d
AABBC
CDEF DE DE
Am
mon
ium
nitr
ate
Am
mon
ium
chlo
ride
Am
mon
ium
sulfa
te
Yeas
t ext
ract
Pept
one
Soyb
ean
prot
ein
Cor
n ste
ep li
quor
05
101520253035
FTas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
(b)
Figure 4 Organic and inorganic nitrogen sources on invertase (a) and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (b) production by A carbonarius PC-4Culture conditions pineapple crown (10 wv) nitrogen sources (02 wv) 28∘C 180 rpm Mean values with the same letter do notstatistically differ from each other by the ANOVA Tukey test (p = 005)
by Paecilomyces variotii which was 7 and 46 times higherfrom soy bran than those estimated for sucrose and glucoserespectively
34 Effect of Nitrogen Sources on Invertase and FTase Pro-duction Nitrogen sources have an important role in fer-mentation processes in which the microbial growth andenzyme secretion are directly affected by nitrogen com-position Organic and inorganic nitrogen sources play animportant role in the synthesis of enzymes since inorganicnitrogen sources can be used quickly and organic sources cansupply many cell growth factors and amino acids needed forcell metabolism and enzyme production [50] The invertaseand FTase production by A carbonarius PC-4 using differ-ent nitrogen sources such as ammonium ions (ammoniumnitrate ammonium chloride and ammonium sulfate) yeastextract peptone soybean protein and corn steep liquor afterthree and five days of cultivation can be observed in Figure 4Highest invertase activities were observed from ammoniumchloride and yeast extract (640 UmL and 613 UmLrespectively) which did not present differences in analysisof variance (pgt005) followed by ammonium sulfate andpeptone (590 UmL and 550 UmL respectively) after threedays of cultivation Ammonium nitrate soybean protein andcorn steep liquor induced the lowest invertase productionAfter five days of cultivation the invertase activity decreasedfrom all evaluated nitrogen sources indicating a microbialgrowth suppression caused by exhaustion of nutrient in theculture medium
Fermentation parameters for invertase productionshowed highest yield and productivity from yeast extract(119884119875119878 = 53685 Ug 119875P = 149 Uh) followed by ammoniumsulfate (119884119875119878 = 51457 Ug 119875119875 = 137 Uh) after three daysof cultivation (Table 3) The maximum biomass production
was observed after three days of cultivation using organic orinorganic nitrogen sources (770 ndash853 gL) After five daysof cultivation biomass production decreased though FTaseproduction was observed suggesting an extracellular enzymeproduction which was secreted to the medium (Figure 3)Giraldo et al [14] also observed the influence of organic andinorganic nitrogen sources on enzyme production Maximalproduction of extracellular invertase was obtained whenpeptonewas added to the culturemedium while peptone andammonium phosphate were both the best nitrogen sourcesfor the intracellular form Vandakova et al [6] observedsimilar results using yeast extract as nitrogen source Theseauthors related that the advantage of using yeast extractcompared to inorganic nitrogen substrates possibly is basedon supplementation of some essential growth factors for themicroorganism
FTase productionwas not statistically significant (pgt005)for enzyme activity using inorganic and organic nitrogensources although the highest activity was observed withsoybean protein and ammonium nitrate (2490 UmL and2400 UmL respectively) after five days of cultivationFermentation parameters for FTase production under theseevaluated conditions were 119884119875119878 = 262793 Ug and 119875119875 = 440Uh for soybean protein and 119884119875119878 = 240786 Ug and 119875119875 =400 Uh for ammonium nitrate Ammonium chloride wasalso a promising nitrogen source for enzyme productionfrom which were obtained high invertase production value(2140 UmL) and significant fermentation parameters ofyield and productivity (119884119875119878 = 211451 Ug and 119875119875 = 312Uh respectively)The lowest FTase productionwas observedusing yeast extract (1780 UmL 119884119875119878 = 179910 Ug and119875119875 = 300 Uh respectively) FTase production after threedays of cultivation showed similar activities among cornsteep liquor peptone soybean protein ammonium sulfate
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12 120967260483624Time-course of cultivation (hours)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Inve
rtas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
(a)
06
121824303642485460
24 240216192168144120967248
FTas
e act
ivity
(Um
l)
Time-course of cultivation (hours)
(b)
0500
10001500200025003000350040004500
24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 240
Yiel
d (U
g o
f sub
stra
te)
Time-course (hours)
Invertase(c)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 240
Prod
uctiv
ity (U
gh
)
Time-course (hours)
Invertase(d)
Figure 5 Time-course and fermentation parameters of invertase and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (FTase) produced by 119860 carbonarius PC-4Legend (a) invertase production (b) FTase production (c) yield of production for invertase and FTase (d) productivity for invertase andFTase Culture conditions invertase productionwas carried out using pineapple crown (10wv) yeast extract (02wv) FTase productionwas carried out using pineapple crown (10 wv) and soybean protein (02 wv) cultures were carried out at 28∘C pH 60 and 180 rpm
yeast extract and ammonium chloride ranging from 1120to 1520 UmL except for ammonium nitrate from whichwas observed to have lower FTase activity of 780 UmLUnder these conditions productivity after three days ofcultivations showed higher enzyme activity values comparedto those obtained after five days indicating which the cultureparameters should be optimized to improve the enzymeproduction
35 Time-Course of Invertase and FTase Production Time-course of invertase and FTase production by A carbonariusPC-4 were carried out using the culture conditions estab-lished previously using the carbon and nitrogen sourcesselected (Figure 5) Invertase production was carried outusing pineapple crown (10 wv) as carbon source andammonium chloride (02 wv) as nitrogen source whileFTase production was carried out using pineapple crown(10 wv) as carbon source and soybean protein (02 wv)as nitrogen source Both cultivations were carried out at180 rpm and 28∘C during 120 h and 240 h respectively Max-imum invertase production was observed among 60 h and96 h of cultivation (1100 and 1252 UmL respectively) with
the highest production after 96 h (1252 UmL) (Figure 4(a))Under these culture conditions fermentation parametersshowed maximum yield after 72 h with 107390 Ug andproductivity of 630 Uh after 24 h (Figures 4(c) and 4(d))For FTase the maximum production was observed after168 h (4440 UmL) (Figure 4(b)) Fermentation parame-ters showed also maximum yield and productivity (119884119875119878= 598271 Ug and 119875119875 = 1000 Uh respectively) after168 h
4 Concluding Remarks
The screening of filamentous fungi from canned peach syruppresented potential Aspergillus spp for invertase productionunder submerged fermentation Among six potential isolatesblack Aspergillus sp PC-4 strain was selected to invertase andFTase production This strain was identified as Aspergilluscarbonarius PC-4 To our knowledge it is the first time thatA carbonarius strain is reported as an invertase and FTaseproducer in the literature Cultivation using pure carbonsources showed that this strain produces invertase in a con-stitutive way and FTase was inducible Agroindustrial wastes
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were used as complex carbon sources and the pineapplecrown was a promising substrate for invertase and FTaseproduction Furthermore pineapple crown is firstly related inthis study as carbon source for enzyme production Nitrogensources showed that organic and inorganic sources can beused to both enzymes production though the ammoniumchloride and yeast extract were the best nitrogen sourcesfor invertase production (sim66 UmL) after three days ofcultivation while soybean protein and ammonium nitratewere the best sources for FTase production (sim24 UmL) afterfive days of cultivation Time-course of enzyme productionshowed an increase of 510-fold in the invertase productioncompared to initial experiments (screening of fungi) andFTase production increased 30-fold after 196 h of cultivationcompared to complex carbon sources (1460 UmL) Thisstudy showed that A carbonarius PC-4 is a promising fungalstrain for invertase and FTase production considering cost-benefit conditions and the enzymes produced are suitable forfood and nutraceuticals industries in order to obtain invertedsugar fructose syrups and fructooligosaccharides
Data Availability
The datasets analysed during the current study are notpublicly available due to continuing of the doctoral thesis butare available from the corresponding author on reasonablerequest
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interestregarding the publication of this paper
Acknowledgments
Alex Fernando de Almeida thanks the Federal Universityof Tocantins by Productivity grant (Edital 312015) andCoordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nıvel Supe-rior Brasil (CAPES) for the scholarship awarded to RyharaDias Batista
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Aspergillus_tubingensis_GQ379912_1Aspergillus_niger_MH562047_1Aspergillus_niger_NR_111348_1
Aspergillus_heteromorphus_MF379647_1Aspergillus_heteromorphus_NR_106306_1
Aspergillus_ellipticus_NR_103605_1
Aspergillus_brasiliensis_NR_111414_1Aspergillus_brasiliensis_MH858557_1
Aspergillus_carbonarius_AJ876878_1Aspergillus_carbonarius_PC-4
Aspergillus_ellipticus_MH858677_1
Figure 1 The neighborjoining tree inferred from the partial sequence of the ITS region dataset using Mega 60 The bootstrap was 2000replications to assess the reliable level to the nods of the tree
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10
Pure carbon sources (1 wv)InvertaseFtase
Enzy
me a
ctiv
ity (U
mL)
Glu
cose
Fruc
tose
Xylo
se
Sucr
ose
Lact
ose
Cell
obio
se
Mal
tose
Raffi
nose
Inul
in
Cel
lulo
se
Gly
cero
l
Sorb
itol
Figure 2 Pure carbons sources on invertase and120573-D-fructosyltransferaseproduction by blackAspergillus sp PC-4 strain Culture conditionscultivation was carried out at 28∘C 180 rpm for 120 hours
Aspergillus carbonarius PC-4 A carbonarius strains havebeen extensively studied for ochratoxin A production infruits and beverages [32ndash34] Regarding enzyme productionA carbonarius have been studied for cell plant polysac-charides degradation [35] polygalacturonase and pectinaseproduction [36ndash38] and also 120573-Xylosidase [39] among otherbiotechnological studies To our knowledge in this study Acarbonarius PC-4 strain was first time reported to produceinvertase and fructosyltransferase under cost-effective fer-mentation media
32 Effect of Pure Carbon Sources on Invertase and FTaseProduction In order to determine the regulatory mechanismof invertase and FTase synthesis by A carbonarius PC-4several carbohydrates besides glycerol and sorbitol wereused as sole carbon sources in the cultures (Figure 2) Inthese experiments mono- di- and poly-carbohydrate andalcohol were evaluated as energy and inducing carbon sourceto distinguish the production mechanism and secretion ofenzymes Inducible enzymes are produced in the presence ofa potential substrate which stimulates the enzyme productionand secretion whereas the constitutive enzymes can be
produced in the absence of inducing substrate and thiscarbon source can be used as adjunct to increase the enzymeproduction
The highest invertase production was observed fromsucrose (265 UmL) whereas highest FTase production wasobtained from glucose (865 UmL) Glucose and raffinosewere intermediary sources for invertase production (185UmL and 180 UmL respectively) Sucrose and raffinosewere also intermediary sources to FTase production (660UmL and 307 UmL respectively) The lowest enzymeproduction values were observed using fructose lactosecellobiose maltose inulin cellulose glycerol and sorbitol
Fermentation parameters showed highest invertase yieldof 2650 Ug and productivity of 073 Uh from sucrosefollowed by glucose (119884119875119878 = 1850 Ug 119875119875 = 051 Uh) andraffinose (119884119875119878 = 1800 Ug 119875119875 = 050 Uh) RegardingFTase production the highest fermentation parameter valueswere observed from glucose (119884119875119878 = 8650 Ug 119875119875 = 240Uh) followed by sucrose (119884119875119878 = 6600 Ug 119875119875 = 183Uh) (Table 2) Biomass produced by filamentous fungifrom pure carbon source ranged from 381 gL to 672 gLwith sucrose and glucose resulting in 631 gL and 641 gL
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Table 2 Fermentation parameters for invertase and FTase production by A carbonarius PC-4 on pure carbon sources
Pure Carbon SourcesFermentation Parameters
Invertase Fructosyltransferase BiomassYps Pp Yps Pp (gL)
Glucose 4775 008 9840 016 561Frutose 993 002 2999 005 527Xylose 1091 002 3924 007 602Sucrose 1747 003 3199 005 679Lactose 1327 002 1236 002 630Cellobiose 1280 002 4598 008 621Maltose 1911 003 8710 015 627Raffinose 10051 016 14570 024 451Inulin 7597 013 14334 024 668Cellulose 2380 004 984 002 951Glycerol 2737 004 6583 011 364Sorbitol 1459 002 4598 008 656Culture conditions Cultivation were carried out at 28∘C 180 rpm 72 hours
biomass respectively Raffinose was observed as pure carbonsources for invertase production using Paecilomyces variotii[14] Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus fumigatus [40]Rezende and Felix [40] related that raffinose as well asother oligosaccharides may be hydrolyzed by 120572-galactosidaseor invertase (120573-fructofuranosidase) which cleaves the 120572-12linkage of sucrose moiety producing melibiose and fructoseVainstein and Peberdy [41] observed that invertase activitieswere found inA nidulans cultures using sucrose and raffinoseas the best inducers and raffinose seemed to be the bestcarbon source for invertase secretion
Our results suggest that A carbonarius PC-4 producesa constitutive enzyme using a wide variety of carbohydratesand glycerol alcohol Vainstein and Peberdy [41] related thatthe A nidulans produced a constitutive level of invertase ina wide variety of carbohydrates with 3 glucose resulting inthe lowest activity while 1 raffinose and sucrose providedhighest activities In this study maltose melibiose glyceroland trehalose (1 wv) also induced invertase productionat similar values Rubio and Navarro [10] evaluated theregulation of invertase production by Aspergillus niger strainisolated from rotten lemons The highest invertase produc-tions were observed from inulin raffinose turanose andsucroseThe authors suggest that inducing sugars of invertasesynthesis exhibit the 120573 linkage and fructose located at theend of molecule as a common feature of their structure The120573 linkage does not cause induction of enzyme productionas shown with cellobiose and gentiobiose whereas the 120572linkage has not effect at all as demonstrated with maltoseandmelibiose On the other hand glucose and fructose failedto induce the invertase synthesis a fact that suggests thesecarbohydrates are not involved in the mechanism of invertasesynthesis induction for A niger strain
Glucose has extensively been related as repressor ofinvertase production by many filamentous fungi [14 4243] Glucose supplementation (10 wv) was the secondcarbon source which induced more efficiently the invertaseproduction by A carbonarius PC-4 (Figure 2 and Table 2)
Alegre et al [44] observed an intracellular invertase level 5-fold higher from 1 glucose than the absence of this carbonsource in cultivations of Aspergillus caespitosus Howeverall glucose concentrations were tested with exception of10 and 20 glucose (wv) the extracellular activity washigher than the intracellular one Giraldo et al [14] reportedthe effect of glucose or fructose addition to the culturemedia containing soy bran as main carbon source over intra-and extracellular invertase production by P variotii undersubmerged fermentation
33 Effect of Complex Carbon Sources on Invertase and FTaseProduction Themajor bottleneck in enzyme production andits industrial application is the relative high production costand low enzyme yields The use of agroindustrial residuesas raw materials decreases the impact on environment sincethe reuse of waste materials can reduce their accumulation inthe environment with additional economic value due to theirbiotechnological application [45] Besides agroindustrialresidues can be used as carbon sources by several microor-ganisms to produce high-value added chemicals such as car-bohydrases including invertases and fructosyltransferasesRecent studies have focused on the use of agroindustrialresidues for industrial enzyme production since it is one ofthe possible ways to reduce the production costs significantly[46]
In this study eleven agroindustrial residues were usedas carbon sources for invertase and FTase production byA carbonarius PC-4 (Figure 3) The invertase and FTaseproduction presented significance (plt005) when pineapplecrown was used as carbons sources The highest invertaseactivity (671 UmL) was observed after 3 days of cultivationand highest FTase activity was observed after 5 days ofcultivation (1460 UmL) representing 145-fold higher thanvalues obtained from other tested carbon sources
Fermentation parameters showed the highest values forinvertase production (119884119901119904 = 58697 Ug of substrate and119875119901 =
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Complex carbon sources (1 wv)72 hours120 hours
A
BC
G
D D
GE
F F G
a
b bcc
d
g
de e
g
f
gInve
rtas
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ivity
(Um
L)
pine
appl
e cro
wn
swee
t pot
ato
flour
suga
rcan
e bag
asse
corn
cob
cass
ava p
ee1
soyb
ean
peel
soyb
ean
bran
corn
stra
w
baca
ba p
eel
sorg
hum
bra
n
whe
at b
ran
(a)
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Complex carbon sources (1 wv)72 hours120 hours
a
e
b
g
cd c
g
c
f f
d
AB
CCD
HF
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D D
IF
Ftas
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(Um
L)
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appl
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swee
t pot
ato
flour
suga
rcan
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asse
corn
cob
cass
ava p
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soyb
ean
bran
corn
stra
w
baca
ba p
eel
sorg
hum
bra
n
whe
at b
ran
(b)
Figure 3 Complex carbon sources on invertase (a) and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (b) by black Aspergillus sp PC-4 Culture conditionscomplex carbon sources (10 wv) yeast extract (02 wv) 28∘C 180 rpm Mean values with the same letter do not statistically differfrom each other by the ANOVA Tukey test (p = 005)
098 Uh) and FTase (119884119901119904 = 145900 Ug of substrate and 119875119901= 194 Uh) after 3 and 5 days of cultivations respectivelyusing pineapple crown as carbon source (Table 3) Oyedejiet al [2] observed invertase production of 2146 UmL after120 h incubation using pineapple peel as substrate Theseauthors stated that the increased invertase production mightbe due to utilization of pineapple peel by A niger IBK1 forgrowth and hence enzyme production However decreasingvalues of enzyme production could be due to exhaustion ofglucose a primary metabolite obtained in the degradationof substrate which is required for growth or increase ofmetabolic intermediates secreted into fermentation medium
In this study pineapple crownwas chemical characterizedpresenting 286 total carbon 18 total nitrogen with aCN ratio of 157 77 humidity 60 ashes 67 totallipids t115 total protein and 681 total carbohydratesPineapple wastes were also used to produce other carbohy-drate hydrolases such as 120573-glucosidase [46] and cellulases[47] Pineapple peel is a byproduct resulted from canningprocessing of pineapple which produces about 35 fruitwaste and lead to serious environmental pollutionThis wastecontains considerable amounts of soluble sugars such assucrose whichmakes it suitable as substrate for microbial fer-mentations [2 48]Therefore the pineapple peel compositionis an attractive alternative for fungal growth due to its lowcost and availability of carbon and nitrogen sources besideminerals Agroindustrial residues such as pineapple peel aretherefore suitable substrates for microbial cultivation andproduction of molecules with biotechnological importancesuch as enzymes and other value-added products [49] Onthe other hand pineapple crown is firstly related in this studyas a potential carbon source substrate for enzyme productionand to obtain value-added products Pineapple crown usedfor invertase and FTase production presented centesimal
composition as follows () moisture 770 plusmn 075 lipids 670plusmn 132 proteins 1148 plusmn 022 carbohydrates 6810 plusmn 103ashes 605 plusmn 007 carbon 2865 plusmn 018 and nitrogen 184 plusmn003
Intermediary values of invertase production were foundwith soybean peel and corn straw (439UmL and 424UmLrespectively) after 3 days of cultivation and sweet potato flour(435 UmL) after 4 days of cultivation Sugarcane bagassecassava peel and bacaba peel can be considered substrateswith potential use for invertase production after optimizationprocess of culture conditions since these substrates inducedthe enzyme production ranging from 25 to 322 UmLwhereas wheat bran soybean bran sorghum bran and corncob were weak inducers for invertase production by black Acarbonarius PC-4 On the other hand intermediary values ofFTase production were observed from cassava peel soybeanpeel corn straw sugarcane bagasse sweet potato and wheatbran (640 to 1165 UmL) and low production was observedfrom corn cob soybean bran bacaba peel and sorghumbran The fermentation parameters using sweet potato floursugarcane bagasse corn cob and wheat bran can indicatethat these substrates would be potential carbon sources forinvertase and FTase production under optimized conditionsor used as mixed substrates in fermentation processesGuimaraes et al [12] stated that many enzymes of industrialsignificance are regulated by carbon source composition andthe use of agroindustrial residues for extracellular invertaseproduction by Aspergillus ochraceus using sugarcane bagasseand corn cob was effective in promoting the production ofextracellular invertase substantially lowering the productioncosts Giraldo et al [14] have reported the promising uti-lization of liquid medium supplemented with agroindustrialwastes as carbon source especially soy bran or wheat branresulting in higher extracellular activity of invertase produced
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Table3Ferm
entatio
nparametersfor
invertasea
nd120573-D
-fructosyltransfe
raseprod
uctio
nby
blackAspergillus
spP
C-4on
complex
carbon
sources
Com
ponent
Ferm
entatio
nparameters
72ho
urs
120ho
urs
Invertase
FTase
Biom
ass
Invertase
FTase
Biom
ass
Yps
PpYp
sPp
Yps
PpYp
sPp
Com
plex
carbon
sources(
10w
v)
Pineapplec
rown
58697
098
133843
223
670
57416
096
145900
194
788
Sweetp
otatoflo
ur35280
059
3314
3055
524
40221
067
73035
121
576
Sugarcaneb
agasse
3813
8064
1240
01
210
910
1079
2018
7310
012
199
3Corncob
26324
044
nd
nd
904
1870
3031
72390
120
908
Cassava
peel
1319
8022
40272
142
678
3310
006
24832
041
634
Soybeanpeel
2612
004
1041
002
967
2715
005
10276
006
1057
Soybeanbran
27352
046
nd
nd
561
31226
052
47618
079
521
Bacaba
peel
840
001
582
027
980
2151
004
nd
nd
999
Cornstr
aw2268
004
2476
004
1098
1386
002
4062
006
1163
Sorghu
mbran
2291
3038
28202
050
571
3791
006
25240
042
648
Wheatbram
40575
068
5177
1086
647
17885
030
67015
111
678
Nitr
ogen
sources(
02
wv)
Ammon
ium
nitrate
34082
094
108247
300
772
2316
7064
240
786
400
576
Ammon
ium
choride
49325
137
209681
582
790
5292
814
72114
51
352
600
Ammoinium
sulfate
51457
143
135937
377
824
41471
116
200
623
334
620
Yeastextract
53685
149
117666
327
833
39428
109
179910
300
640
Pepton
e42617
118
132282
367
853
39874
111
184956
310
592
Soybeanprotein
3296
8091
135120
375
848
25636
071
26279
3438
850
Cornste
epliq
uor
28717
098
111773
310
770
24058
067
184704
308
562
Cultu
recond
ition
sCu
ltivatio
nwe
recarriedou
tat28∘Cfor180
rpm
10 The Scientific World Journal
0123456789
10
Inve
rtas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
Nitrogen sources (02 wv)72 hours120 hours
aab
FG
de
ef fg
ABA
C
DE
FA
mm
oniu
m n
itrat
e
Am
mon
ium
chlo
ride
Am
mon
ium
sulfa
te
Yeas
t ext
ract
Pept
one
Soyb
ean
prot
ein
Cor
n ste
ep li
quor
(a)
Nitrogen sources (02 wv)72 hours120 hours
a a aab abc
bc
d
AABBC
CDEF DE DE
Am
mon
ium
nitr
ate
Am
mon
ium
chlo
ride
Am
mon
ium
sulfa
te
Yeas
t ext
ract
Pept
one
Soyb
ean
prot
ein
Cor
n ste
ep li
quor
05
101520253035
FTas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
(b)
Figure 4 Organic and inorganic nitrogen sources on invertase (a) and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (b) production by A carbonarius PC-4Culture conditions pineapple crown (10 wv) nitrogen sources (02 wv) 28∘C 180 rpm Mean values with the same letter do notstatistically differ from each other by the ANOVA Tukey test (p = 005)
by Paecilomyces variotii which was 7 and 46 times higherfrom soy bran than those estimated for sucrose and glucoserespectively
34 Effect of Nitrogen Sources on Invertase and FTase Pro-duction Nitrogen sources have an important role in fer-mentation processes in which the microbial growth andenzyme secretion are directly affected by nitrogen com-position Organic and inorganic nitrogen sources play animportant role in the synthesis of enzymes since inorganicnitrogen sources can be used quickly and organic sources cansupply many cell growth factors and amino acids needed forcell metabolism and enzyme production [50] The invertaseand FTase production by A carbonarius PC-4 using differ-ent nitrogen sources such as ammonium ions (ammoniumnitrate ammonium chloride and ammonium sulfate) yeastextract peptone soybean protein and corn steep liquor afterthree and five days of cultivation can be observed in Figure 4Highest invertase activities were observed from ammoniumchloride and yeast extract (640 UmL and 613 UmLrespectively) which did not present differences in analysisof variance (pgt005) followed by ammonium sulfate andpeptone (590 UmL and 550 UmL respectively) after threedays of cultivation Ammonium nitrate soybean protein andcorn steep liquor induced the lowest invertase productionAfter five days of cultivation the invertase activity decreasedfrom all evaluated nitrogen sources indicating a microbialgrowth suppression caused by exhaustion of nutrient in theculture medium
Fermentation parameters for invertase productionshowed highest yield and productivity from yeast extract(119884119875119878 = 53685 Ug 119875P = 149 Uh) followed by ammoniumsulfate (119884119875119878 = 51457 Ug 119875119875 = 137 Uh) after three daysof cultivation (Table 3) The maximum biomass production
was observed after three days of cultivation using organic orinorganic nitrogen sources (770 ndash853 gL) After five daysof cultivation biomass production decreased though FTaseproduction was observed suggesting an extracellular enzymeproduction which was secreted to the medium (Figure 3)Giraldo et al [14] also observed the influence of organic andinorganic nitrogen sources on enzyme production Maximalproduction of extracellular invertase was obtained whenpeptonewas added to the culturemedium while peptone andammonium phosphate were both the best nitrogen sourcesfor the intracellular form Vandakova et al [6] observedsimilar results using yeast extract as nitrogen source Theseauthors related that the advantage of using yeast extractcompared to inorganic nitrogen substrates possibly is basedon supplementation of some essential growth factors for themicroorganism
FTase productionwas not statistically significant (pgt005)for enzyme activity using inorganic and organic nitrogensources although the highest activity was observed withsoybean protein and ammonium nitrate (2490 UmL and2400 UmL respectively) after five days of cultivationFermentation parameters for FTase production under theseevaluated conditions were 119884119875119878 = 262793 Ug and 119875119875 = 440Uh for soybean protein and 119884119875119878 = 240786 Ug and 119875119875 =400 Uh for ammonium nitrate Ammonium chloride wasalso a promising nitrogen source for enzyme productionfrom which were obtained high invertase production value(2140 UmL) and significant fermentation parameters ofyield and productivity (119884119875119878 = 211451 Ug and 119875119875 = 312Uh respectively)The lowest FTase productionwas observedusing yeast extract (1780 UmL 119884119875119878 = 179910 Ug and119875119875 = 300 Uh respectively) FTase production after threedays of cultivation showed similar activities among cornsteep liquor peptone soybean protein ammonium sulfate
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12 120967260483624Time-course of cultivation (hours)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Inve
rtas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
(a)
06
121824303642485460
24 240216192168144120967248
FTas
e act
ivity
(Um
l)
Time-course of cultivation (hours)
(b)
0500
10001500200025003000350040004500
24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 240
Yiel
d (U
g o
f sub
stra
te)
Time-course (hours)
Invertase(c)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 240
Prod
uctiv
ity (U
gh
)
Time-course (hours)
Invertase(d)
Figure 5 Time-course and fermentation parameters of invertase and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (FTase) produced by 119860 carbonarius PC-4Legend (a) invertase production (b) FTase production (c) yield of production for invertase and FTase (d) productivity for invertase andFTase Culture conditions invertase productionwas carried out using pineapple crown (10wv) yeast extract (02wv) FTase productionwas carried out using pineapple crown (10 wv) and soybean protein (02 wv) cultures were carried out at 28∘C pH 60 and 180 rpm
yeast extract and ammonium chloride ranging from 1120to 1520 UmL except for ammonium nitrate from whichwas observed to have lower FTase activity of 780 UmLUnder these conditions productivity after three days ofcultivations showed higher enzyme activity values comparedto those obtained after five days indicating which the cultureparameters should be optimized to improve the enzymeproduction
35 Time-Course of Invertase and FTase Production Time-course of invertase and FTase production by A carbonariusPC-4 were carried out using the culture conditions estab-lished previously using the carbon and nitrogen sourcesselected (Figure 5) Invertase production was carried outusing pineapple crown (10 wv) as carbon source andammonium chloride (02 wv) as nitrogen source whileFTase production was carried out using pineapple crown(10 wv) as carbon source and soybean protein (02 wv)as nitrogen source Both cultivations were carried out at180 rpm and 28∘C during 120 h and 240 h respectively Max-imum invertase production was observed among 60 h and96 h of cultivation (1100 and 1252 UmL respectively) with
the highest production after 96 h (1252 UmL) (Figure 4(a))Under these culture conditions fermentation parametersshowed maximum yield after 72 h with 107390 Ug andproductivity of 630 Uh after 24 h (Figures 4(c) and 4(d))For FTase the maximum production was observed after168 h (4440 UmL) (Figure 4(b)) Fermentation parame-ters showed also maximum yield and productivity (119884119875119878= 598271 Ug and 119875119875 = 1000 Uh respectively) after168 h
4 Concluding Remarks
The screening of filamentous fungi from canned peach syruppresented potential Aspergillus spp for invertase productionunder submerged fermentation Among six potential isolatesblack Aspergillus sp PC-4 strain was selected to invertase andFTase production This strain was identified as Aspergilluscarbonarius PC-4 To our knowledge it is the first time thatA carbonarius strain is reported as an invertase and FTaseproducer in the literature Cultivation using pure carbonsources showed that this strain produces invertase in a con-stitutive way and FTase was inducible Agroindustrial wastes
12 The Scientific World Journal
were used as complex carbon sources and the pineapplecrown was a promising substrate for invertase and FTaseproduction Furthermore pineapple crown is firstly related inthis study as carbon source for enzyme production Nitrogensources showed that organic and inorganic sources can beused to both enzymes production though the ammoniumchloride and yeast extract were the best nitrogen sourcesfor invertase production (sim66 UmL) after three days ofcultivation while soybean protein and ammonium nitratewere the best sources for FTase production (sim24 UmL) afterfive days of cultivation Time-course of enzyme productionshowed an increase of 510-fold in the invertase productioncompared to initial experiments (screening of fungi) andFTase production increased 30-fold after 196 h of cultivationcompared to complex carbon sources (1460 UmL) Thisstudy showed that A carbonarius PC-4 is a promising fungalstrain for invertase and FTase production considering cost-benefit conditions and the enzymes produced are suitable forfood and nutraceuticals industries in order to obtain invertedsugar fructose syrups and fructooligosaccharides
Data Availability
The datasets analysed during the current study are notpublicly available due to continuing of the doctoral thesis butare available from the corresponding author on reasonablerequest
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interestregarding the publication of this paper
Acknowledgments
Alex Fernando de Almeida thanks the Federal Universityof Tocantins by Productivity grant (Edital 312015) andCoordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nıvel Supe-rior Brasil (CAPES) for the scholarship awarded to RyharaDias Batista
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Table 2 Fermentation parameters for invertase and FTase production by A carbonarius PC-4 on pure carbon sources
Pure Carbon SourcesFermentation Parameters
Invertase Fructosyltransferase BiomassYps Pp Yps Pp (gL)
Glucose 4775 008 9840 016 561Frutose 993 002 2999 005 527Xylose 1091 002 3924 007 602Sucrose 1747 003 3199 005 679Lactose 1327 002 1236 002 630Cellobiose 1280 002 4598 008 621Maltose 1911 003 8710 015 627Raffinose 10051 016 14570 024 451Inulin 7597 013 14334 024 668Cellulose 2380 004 984 002 951Glycerol 2737 004 6583 011 364Sorbitol 1459 002 4598 008 656Culture conditions Cultivation were carried out at 28∘C 180 rpm 72 hours
biomass respectively Raffinose was observed as pure carbonsources for invertase production using Paecilomyces variotii[14] Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus fumigatus [40]Rezende and Felix [40] related that raffinose as well asother oligosaccharides may be hydrolyzed by 120572-galactosidaseor invertase (120573-fructofuranosidase) which cleaves the 120572-12linkage of sucrose moiety producing melibiose and fructoseVainstein and Peberdy [41] observed that invertase activitieswere found inA nidulans cultures using sucrose and raffinoseas the best inducers and raffinose seemed to be the bestcarbon source for invertase secretion
Our results suggest that A carbonarius PC-4 producesa constitutive enzyme using a wide variety of carbohydratesand glycerol alcohol Vainstein and Peberdy [41] related thatthe A nidulans produced a constitutive level of invertase ina wide variety of carbohydrates with 3 glucose resulting inthe lowest activity while 1 raffinose and sucrose providedhighest activities In this study maltose melibiose glyceroland trehalose (1 wv) also induced invertase productionat similar values Rubio and Navarro [10] evaluated theregulation of invertase production by Aspergillus niger strainisolated from rotten lemons The highest invertase produc-tions were observed from inulin raffinose turanose andsucroseThe authors suggest that inducing sugars of invertasesynthesis exhibit the 120573 linkage and fructose located at theend of molecule as a common feature of their structure The120573 linkage does not cause induction of enzyme productionas shown with cellobiose and gentiobiose whereas the 120572linkage has not effect at all as demonstrated with maltoseandmelibiose On the other hand glucose and fructose failedto induce the invertase synthesis a fact that suggests thesecarbohydrates are not involved in the mechanism of invertasesynthesis induction for A niger strain
Glucose has extensively been related as repressor ofinvertase production by many filamentous fungi [14 4243] Glucose supplementation (10 wv) was the secondcarbon source which induced more efficiently the invertaseproduction by A carbonarius PC-4 (Figure 2 and Table 2)
Alegre et al [44] observed an intracellular invertase level 5-fold higher from 1 glucose than the absence of this carbonsource in cultivations of Aspergillus caespitosus Howeverall glucose concentrations were tested with exception of10 and 20 glucose (wv) the extracellular activity washigher than the intracellular one Giraldo et al [14] reportedthe effect of glucose or fructose addition to the culturemedia containing soy bran as main carbon source over intra-and extracellular invertase production by P variotii undersubmerged fermentation
33 Effect of Complex Carbon Sources on Invertase and FTaseProduction Themajor bottleneck in enzyme production andits industrial application is the relative high production costand low enzyme yields The use of agroindustrial residuesas raw materials decreases the impact on environment sincethe reuse of waste materials can reduce their accumulation inthe environment with additional economic value due to theirbiotechnological application [45] Besides agroindustrialresidues can be used as carbon sources by several microor-ganisms to produce high-value added chemicals such as car-bohydrases including invertases and fructosyltransferasesRecent studies have focused on the use of agroindustrialresidues for industrial enzyme production since it is one ofthe possible ways to reduce the production costs significantly[46]
In this study eleven agroindustrial residues were usedas carbon sources for invertase and FTase production byA carbonarius PC-4 (Figure 3) The invertase and FTaseproduction presented significance (plt005) when pineapplecrown was used as carbons sources The highest invertaseactivity (671 UmL) was observed after 3 days of cultivationand highest FTase activity was observed after 5 days ofcultivation (1460 UmL) representing 145-fold higher thanvalues obtained from other tested carbon sources
Fermentation parameters showed the highest values forinvertase production (119884119901119904 = 58697 Ug of substrate and119875119901 =
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0123456789
10
Complex carbon sources (1 wv)72 hours120 hours
A
BC
G
D D
GE
F F G
a
b bcc
d
g
de e
g
f
gInve
rtas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
pine
appl
e cro
wn
swee
t pot
ato
flour
suga
rcan
e bag
asse
corn
cob
cass
ava p
ee1
soyb
ean
peel
soyb
ean
bran
corn
stra
w
baca
ba p
eel
sorg
hum
bra
n
whe
at b
ran
(a)
05
101520253035
Complex carbon sources (1 wv)72 hours120 hours
a
e
b
g
cd c
g
c
f f
d
AB
CCD
HF
G
D D
IF
Ftas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
pine
appl
e cro
wn
swee
t pot
ato
flour
suga
rcan
e bag
asse
corn
cob
cass
ava p
ee1
soyb
ean
peel
soyb
ean
bran
corn
stra
w
baca
ba p
eel
sorg
hum
bra
n
whe
at b
ran
(b)
Figure 3 Complex carbon sources on invertase (a) and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (b) by black Aspergillus sp PC-4 Culture conditionscomplex carbon sources (10 wv) yeast extract (02 wv) 28∘C 180 rpm Mean values with the same letter do not statistically differfrom each other by the ANOVA Tukey test (p = 005)
098 Uh) and FTase (119884119901119904 = 145900 Ug of substrate and 119875119901= 194 Uh) after 3 and 5 days of cultivations respectivelyusing pineapple crown as carbon source (Table 3) Oyedejiet al [2] observed invertase production of 2146 UmL after120 h incubation using pineapple peel as substrate Theseauthors stated that the increased invertase production mightbe due to utilization of pineapple peel by A niger IBK1 forgrowth and hence enzyme production However decreasingvalues of enzyme production could be due to exhaustion ofglucose a primary metabolite obtained in the degradationof substrate which is required for growth or increase ofmetabolic intermediates secreted into fermentation medium
In this study pineapple crownwas chemical characterizedpresenting 286 total carbon 18 total nitrogen with aCN ratio of 157 77 humidity 60 ashes 67 totallipids t115 total protein and 681 total carbohydratesPineapple wastes were also used to produce other carbohy-drate hydrolases such as 120573-glucosidase [46] and cellulases[47] Pineapple peel is a byproduct resulted from canningprocessing of pineapple which produces about 35 fruitwaste and lead to serious environmental pollutionThis wastecontains considerable amounts of soluble sugars such assucrose whichmakes it suitable as substrate for microbial fer-mentations [2 48]Therefore the pineapple peel compositionis an attractive alternative for fungal growth due to its lowcost and availability of carbon and nitrogen sources besideminerals Agroindustrial residues such as pineapple peel aretherefore suitable substrates for microbial cultivation andproduction of molecules with biotechnological importancesuch as enzymes and other value-added products [49] Onthe other hand pineapple crown is firstly related in this studyas a potential carbon source substrate for enzyme productionand to obtain value-added products Pineapple crown usedfor invertase and FTase production presented centesimal
composition as follows () moisture 770 plusmn 075 lipids 670plusmn 132 proteins 1148 plusmn 022 carbohydrates 6810 plusmn 103ashes 605 plusmn 007 carbon 2865 plusmn 018 and nitrogen 184 plusmn003
Intermediary values of invertase production were foundwith soybean peel and corn straw (439UmL and 424UmLrespectively) after 3 days of cultivation and sweet potato flour(435 UmL) after 4 days of cultivation Sugarcane bagassecassava peel and bacaba peel can be considered substrateswith potential use for invertase production after optimizationprocess of culture conditions since these substrates inducedthe enzyme production ranging from 25 to 322 UmLwhereas wheat bran soybean bran sorghum bran and corncob were weak inducers for invertase production by black Acarbonarius PC-4 On the other hand intermediary values ofFTase production were observed from cassava peel soybeanpeel corn straw sugarcane bagasse sweet potato and wheatbran (640 to 1165 UmL) and low production was observedfrom corn cob soybean bran bacaba peel and sorghumbran The fermentation parameters using sweet potato floursugarcane bagasse corn cob and wheat bran can indicatethat these substrates would be potential carbon sources forinvertase and FTase production under optimized conditionsor used as mixed substrates in fermentation processesGuimaraes et al [12] stated that many enzymes of industrialsignificance are regulated by carbon source composition andthe use of agroindustrial residues for extracellular invertaseproduction by Aspergillus ochraceus using sugarcane bagasseand corn cob was effective in promoting the production ofextracellular invertase substantially lowering the productioncosts Giraldo et al [14] have reported the promising uti-lization of liquid medium supplemented with agroindustrialwastes as carbon source especially soy bran or wheat branresulting in higher extracellular activity of invertase produced
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Table3Ferm
entatio
nparametersfor
invertasea
nd120573-D
-fructosyltransfe
raseprod
uctio
nby
blackAspergillus
spP
C-4on
complex
carbon
sources
Com
ponent
Ferm
entatio
nparameters
72ho
urs
120ho
urs
Invertase
FTase
Biom
ass
Invertase
FTase
Biom
ass
Yps
PpYp
sPp
Yps
PpYp
sPp
Com
plex
carbon
sources(
10w
v)
Pineapplec
rown
58697
098
133843
223
670
57416
096
145900
194
788
Sweetp
otatoflo
ur35280
059
3314
3055
524
40221
067
73035
121
576
Sugarcaneb
agasse
3813
8064
1240
01
210
910
1079
2018
7310
012
199
3Corncob
26324
044
nd
nd
904
1870
3031
72390
120
908
Cassava
peel
1319
8022
40272
142
678
3310
006
24832
041
634
Soybeanpeel
2612
004
1041
002
967
2715
005
10276
006
1057
Soybeanbran
27352
046
nd
nd
561
31226
052
47618
079
521
Bacaba
peel
840
001
582
027
980
2151
004
nd
nd
999
Cornstr
aw2268
004
2476
004
1098
1386
002
4062
006
1163
Sorghu
mbran
2291
3038
28202
050
571
3791
006
25240
042
648
Wheatbram
40575
068
5177
1086
647
17885
030
67015
111
678
Nitr
ogen
sources(
02
wv)
Ammon
ium
nitrate
34082
094
108247
300
772
2316
7064
240
786
400
576
Ammon
ium
choride
49325
137
209681
582
790
5292
814
72114
51
352
600
Ammoinium
sulfate
51457
143
135937
377
824
41471
116
200
623
334
620
Yeastextract
53685
149
117666
327
833
39428
109
179910
300
640
Pepton
e42617
118
132282
367
853
39874
111
184956
310
592
Soybeanprotein
3296
8091
135120
375
848
25636
071
26279
3438
850
Cornste
epliq
uor
28717
098
111773
310
770
24058
067
184704
308
562
Cultu
recond
ition
sCu
ltivatio
nwe
recarriedou
tat28∘Cfor180
rpm
10 The Scientific World Journal
0123456789
10
Inve
rtas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
Nitrogen sources (02 wv)72 hours120 hours
aab
FG
de
ef fg
ABA
C
DE
FA
mm
oniu
m n
itrat
e
Am
mon
ium
chlo
ride
Am
mon
ium
sulfa
te
Yeas
t ext
ract
Pept
one
Soyb
ean
prot
ein
Cor
n ste
ep li
quor
(a)
Nitrogen sources (02 wv)72 hours120 hours
a a aab abc
bc
d
AABBC
CDEF DE DE
Am
mon
ium
nitr
ate
Am
mon
ium
chlo
ride
Am
mon
ium
sulfa
te
Yeas
t ext
ract
Pept
one
Soyb
ean
prot
ein
Cor
n ste
ep li
quor
05
101520253035
FTas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
(b)
Figure 4 Organic and inorganic nitrogen sources on invertase (a) and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (b) production by A carbonarius PC-4Culture conditions pineapple crown (10 wv) nitrogen sources (02 wv) 28∘C 180 rpm Mean values with the same letter do notstatistically differ from each other by the ANOVA Tukey test (p = 005)
by Paecilomyces variotii which was 7 and 46 times higherfrom soy bran than those estimated for sucrose and glucoserespectively
34 Effect of Nitrogen Sources on Invertase and FTase Pro-duction Nitrogen sources have an important role in fer-mentation processes in which the microbial growth andenzyme secretion are directly affected by nitrogen com-position Organic and inorganic nitrogen sources play animportant role in the synthesis of enzymes since inorganicnitrogen sources can be used quickly and organic sources cansupply many cell growth factors and amino acids needed forcell metabolism and enzyme production [50] The invertaseand FTase production by A carbonarius PC-4 using differ-ent nitrogen sources such as ammonium ions (ammoniumnitrate ammonium chloride and ammonium sulfate) yeastextract peptone soybean protein and corn steep liquor afterthree and five days of cultivation can be observed in Figure 4Highest invertase activities were observed from ammoniumchloride and yeast extract (640 UmL and 613 UmLrespectively) which did not present differences in analysisof variance (pgt005) followed by ammonium sulfate andpeptone (590 UmL and 550 UmL respectively) after threedays of cultivation Ammonium nitrate soybean protein andcorn steep liquor induced the lowest invertase productionAfter five days of cultivation the invertase activity decreasedfrom all evaluated nitrogen sources indicating a microbialgrowth suppression caused by exhaustion of nutrient in theculture medium
Fermentation parameters for invertase productionshowed highest yield and productivity from yeast extract(119884119875119878 = 53685 Ug 119875P = 149 Uh) followed by ammoniumsulfate (119884119875119878 = 51457 Ug 119875119875 = 137 Uh) after three daysof cultivation (Table 3) The maximum biomass production
was observed after three days of cultivation using organic orinorganic nitrogen sources (770 ndash853 gL) After five daysof cultivation biomass production decreased though FTaseproduction was observed suggesting an extracellular enzymeproduction which was secreted to the medium (Figure 3)Giraldo et al [14] also observed the influence of organic andinorganic nitrogen sources on enzyme production Maximalproduction of extracellular invertase was obtained whenpeptonewas added to the culturemedium while peptone andammonium phosphate were both the best nitrogen sourcesfor the intracellular form Vandakova et al [6] observedsimilar results using yeast extract as nitrogen source Theseauthors related that the advantage of using yeast extractcompared to inorganic nitrogen substrates possibly is basedon supplementation of some essential growth factors for themicroorganism
FTase productionwas not statistically significant (pgt005)for enzyme activity using inorganic and organic nitrogensources although the highest activity was observed withsoybean protein and ammonium nitrate (2490 UmL and2400 UmL respectively) after five days of cultivationFermentation parameters for FTase production under theseevaluated conditions were 119884119875119878 = 262793 Ug and 119875119875 = 440Uh for soybean protein and 119884119875119878 = 240786 Ug and 119875119875 =400 Uh for ammonium nitrate Ammonium chloride wasalso a promising nitrogen source for enzyme productionfrom which were obtained high invertase production value(2140 UmL) and significant fermentation parameters ofyield and productivity (119884119875119878 = 211451 Ug and 119875119875 = 312Uh respectively)The lowest FTase productionwas observedusing yeast extract (1780 UmL 119884119875119878 = 179910 Ug and119875119875 = 300 Uh respectively) FTase production after threedays of cultivation showed similar activities among cornsteep liquor peptone soybean protein ammonium sulfate
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12 120967260483624Time-course of cultivation (hours)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Inve
rtas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
(a)
06
121824303642485460
24 240216192168144120967248
FTas
e act
ivity
(Um
l)
Time-course of cultivation (hours)
(b)
0500
10001500200025003000350040004500
24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 240
Yiel
d (U
g o
f sub
stra
te)
Time-course (hours)
Invertase(c)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 240
Prod
uctiv
ity (U
gh
)
Time-course (hours)
Invertase(d)
Figure 5 Time-course and fermentation parameters of invertase and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (FTase) produced by 119860 carbonarius PC-4Legend (a) invertase production (b) FTase production (c) yield of production for invertase and FTase (d) productivity for invertase andFTase Culture conditions invertase productionwas carried out using pineapple crown (10wv) yeast extract (02wv) FTase productionwas carried out using pineapple crown (10 wv) and soybean protein (02 wv) cultures were carried out at 28∘C pH 60 and 180 rpm
yeast extract and ammonium chloride ranging from 1120to 1520 UmL except for ammonium nitrate from whichwas observed to have lower FTase activity of 780 UmLUnder these conditions productivity after three days ofcultivations showed higher enzyme activity values comparedto those obtained after five days indicating which the cultureparameters should be optimized to improve the enzymeproduction
35 Time-Course of Invertase and FTase Production Time-course of invertase and FTase production by A carbonariusPC-4 were carried out using the culture conditions estab-lished previously using the carbon and nitrogen sourcesselected (Figure 5) Invertase production was carried outusing pineapple crown (10 wv) as carbon source andammonium chloride (02 wv) as nitrogen source whileFTase production was carried out using pineapple crown(10 wv) as carbon source and soybean protein (02 wv)as nitrogen source Both cultivations were carried out at180 rpm and 28∘C during 120 h and 240 h respectively Max-imum invertase production was observed among 60 h and96 h of cultivation (1100 and 1252 UmL respectively) with
the highest production after 96 h (1252 UmL) (Figure 4(a))Under these culture conditions fermentation parametersshowed maximum yield after 72 h with 107390 Ug andproductivity of 630 Uh after 24 h (Figures 4(c) and 4(d))For FTase the maximum production was observed after168 h (4440 UmL) (Figure 4(b)) Fermentation parame-ters showed also maximum yield and productivity (119884119875119878= 598271 Ug and 119875119875 = 1000 Uh respectively) after168 h
4 Concluding Remarks
The screening of filamentous fungi from canned peach syruppresented potential Aspergillus spp for invertase productionunder submerged fermentation Among six potential isolatesblack Aspergillus sp PC-4 strain was selected to invertase andFTase production This strain was identified as Aspergilluscarbonarius PC-4 To our knowledge it is the first time thatA carbonarius strain is reported as an invertase and FTaseproducer in the literature Cultivation using pure carbonsources showed that this strain produces invertase in a con-stitutive way and FTase was inducible Agroindustrial wastes
12 The Scientific World Journal
were used as complex carbon sources and the pineapplecrown was a promising substrate for invertase and FTaseproduction Furthermore pineapple crown is firstly related inthis study as carbon source for enzyme production Nitrogensources showed that organic and inorganic sources can beused to both enzymes production though the ammoniumchloride and yeast extract were the best nitrogen sourcesfor invertase production (sim66 UmL) after three days ofcultivation while soybean protein and ammonium nitratewere the best sources for FTase production (sim24 UmL) afterfive days of cultivation Time-course of enzyme productionshowed an increase of 510-fold in the invertase productioncompared to initial experiments (screening of fungi) andFTase production increased 30-fold after 196 h of cultivationcompared to complex carbon sources (1460 UmL) Thisstudy showed that A carbonarius PC-4 is a promising fungalstrain for invertase and FTase production considering cost-benefit conditions and the enzymes produced are suitable forfood and nutraceuticals industries in order to obtain invertedsugar fructose syrups and fructooligosaccharides
Data Availability
The datasets analysed during the current study are notpublicly available due to continuing of the doctoral thesis butare available from the corresponding author on reasonablerequest
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interestregarding the publication of this paper
Acknowledgments
Alex Fernando de Almeida thanks the Federal Universityof Tocantins by Productivity grant (Edital 312015) andCoordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nıvel Supe-rior Brasil (CAPES) for the scholarship awarded to RyharaDias Batista
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Complex carbon sources (1 wv)72 hours120 hours
A
BC
G
D D
GE
F F G
a
b bcc
d
g
de e
g
f
gInve
rtas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
pine
appl
e cro
wn
swee
t pot
ato
flour
suga
rcan
e bag
asse
corn
cob
cass
ava p
ee1
soyb
ean
peel
soyb
ean
bran
corn
stra
w
baca
ba p
eel
sorg
hum
bra
n
whe
at b
ran
(a)
05
101520253035
Complex carbon sources (1 wv)72 hours120 hours
a
e
b
g
cd c
g
c
f f
d
AB
CCD
HF
G
D D
IF
Ftas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
pine
appl
e cro
wn
swee
t pot
ato
flour
suga
rcan
e bag
asse
corn
cob
cass
ava p
ee1
soyb
ean
peel
soyb
ean
bran
corn
stra
w
baca
ba p
eel
sorg
hum
bra
n
whe
at b
ran
(b)
Figure 3 Complex carbon sources on invertase (a) and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (b) by black Aspergillus sp PC-4 Culture conditionscomplex carbon sources (10 wv) yeast extract (02 wv) 28∘C 180 rpm Mean values with the same letter do not statistically differfrom each other by the ANOVA Tukey test (p = 005)
098 Uh) and FTase (119884119901119904 = 145900 Ug of substrate and 119875119901= 194 Uh) after 3 and 5 days of cultivations respectivelyusing pineapple crown as carbon source (Table 3) Oyedejiet al [2] observed invertase production of 2146 UmL after120 h incubation using pineapple peel as substrate Theseauthors stated that the increased invertase production mightbe due to utilization of pineapple peel by A niger IBK1 forgrowth and hence enzyme production However decreasingvalues of enzyme production could be due to exhaustion ofglucose a primary metabolite obtained in the degradationof substrate which is required for growth or increase ofmetabolic intermediates secreted into fermentation medium
In this study pineapple crownwas chemical characterizedpresenting 286 total carbon 18 total nitrogen with aCN ratio of 157 77 humidity 60 ashes 67 totallipids t115 total protein and 681 total carbohydratesPineapple wastes were also used to produce other carbohy-drate hydrolases such as 120573-glucosidase [46] and cellulases[47] Pineapple peel is a byproduct resulted from canningprocessing of pineapple which produces about 35 fruitwaste and lead to serious environmental pollutionThis wastecontains considerable amounts of soluble sugars such assucrose whichmakes it suitable as substrate for microbial fer-mentations [2 48]Therefore the pineapple peel compositionis an attractive alternative for fungal growth due to its lowcost and availability of carbon and nitrogen sources besideminerals Agroindustrial residues such as pineapple peel aretherefore suitable substrates for microbial cultivation andproduction of molecules with biotechnological importancesuch as enzymes and other value-added products [49] Onthe other hand pineapple crown is firstly related in this studyas a potential carbon source substrate for enzyme productionand to obtain value-added products Pineapple crown usedfor invertase and FTase production presented centesimal
composition as follows () moisture 770 plusmn 075 lipids 670plusmn 132 proteins 1148 plusmn 022 carbohydrates 6810 plusmn 103ashes 605 plusmn 007 carbon 2865 plusmn 018 and nitrogen 184 plusmn003
Intermediary values of invertase production were foundwith soybean peel and corn straw (439UmL and 424UmLrespectively) after 3 days of cultivation and sweet potato flour(435 UmL) after 4 days of cultivation Sugarcane bagassecassava peel and bacaba peel can be considered substrateswith potential use for invertase production after optimizationprocess of culture conditions since these substrates inducedthe enzyme production ranging from 25 to 322 UmLwhereas wheat bran soybean bran sorghum bran and corncob were weak inducers for invertase production by black Acarbonarius PC-4 On the other hand intermediary values ofFTase production were observed from cassava peel soybeanpeel corn straw sugarcane bagasse sweet potato and wheatbran (640 to 1165 UmL) and low production was observedfrom corn cob soybean bran bacaba peel and sorghumbran The fermentation parameters using sweet potato floursugarcane bagasse corn cob and wheat bran can indicatethat these substrates would be potential carbon sources forinvertase and FTase production under optimized conditionsor used as mixed substrates in fermentation processesGuimaraes et al [12] stated that many enzymes of industrialsignificance are regulated by carbon source composition andthe use of agroindustrial residues for extracellular invertaseproduction by Aspergillus ochraceus using sugarcane bagasseand corn cob was effective in promoting the production ofextracellular invertase substantially lowering the productioncosts Giraldo et al [14] have reported the promising uti-lization of liquid medium supplemented with agroindustrialwastes as carbon source especially soy bran or wheat branresulting in higher extracellular activity of invertase produced
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Table3Ferm
entatio
nparametersfor
invertasea
nd120573-D
-fructosyltransfe
raseprod
uctio
nby
blackAspergillus
spP
C-4on
complex
carbon
sources
Com
ponent
Ferm
entatio
nparameters
72ho
urs
120ho
urs
Invertase
FTase
Biom
ass
Invertase
FTase
Biom
ass
Yps
PpYp
sPp
Yps
PpYp
sPp
Com
plex
carbon
sources(
10w
v)
Pineapplec
rown
58697
098
133843
223
670
57416
096
145900
194
788
Sweetp
otatoflo
ur35280
059
3314
3055
524
40221
067
73035
121
576
Sugarcaneb
agasse
3813
8064
1240
01
210
910
1079
2018
7310
012
199
3Corncob
26324
044
nd
nd
904
1870
3031
72390
120
908
Cassava
peel
1319
8022
40272
142
678
3310
006
24832
041
634
Soybeanpeel
2612
004
1041
002
967
2715
005
10276
006
1057
Soybeanbran
27352
046
nd
nd
561
31226
052
47618
079
521
Bacaba
peel
840
001
582
027
980
2151
004
nd
nd
999
Cornstr
aw2268
004
2476
004
1098
1386
002
4062
006
1163
Sorghu
mbran
2291
3038
28202
050
571
3791
006
25240
042
648
Wheatbram
40575
068
5177
1086
647
17885
030
67015
111
678
Nitr
ogen
sources(
02
wv)
Ammon
ium
nitrate
34082
094
108247
300
772
2316
7064
240
786
400
576
Ammon
ium
choride
49325
137
209681
582
790
5292
814
72114
51
352
600
Ammoinium
sulfate
51457
143
135937
377
824
41471
116
200
623
334
620
Yeastextract
53685
149
117666
327
833
39428
109
179910
300
640
Pepton
e42617
118
132282
367
853
39874
111
184956
310
592
Soybeanprotein
3296
8091
135120
375
848
25636
071
26279
3438
850
Cornste
epliq
uor
28717
098
111773
310
770
24058
067
184704
308
562
Cultu
recond
ition
sCu
ltivatio
nwe
recarriedou
tat28∘Cfor180
rpm
10 The Scientific World Journal
0123456789
10
Inve
rtas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
Nitrogen sources (02 wv)72 hours120 hours
aab
FG
de
ef fg
ABA
C
DE
FA
mm
oniu
m n
itrat
e
Am
mon
ium
chlo
ride
Am
mon
ium
sulfa
te
Yeas
t ext
ract
Pept
one
Soyb
ean
prot
ein
Cor
n ste
ep li
quor
(a)
Nitrogen sources (02 wv)72 hours120 hours
a a aab abc
bc
d
AABBC
CDEF DE DE
Am
mon
ium
nitr
ate
Am
mon
ium
chlo
ride
Am
mon
ium
sulfa
te
Yeas
t ext
ract
Pept
one
Soyb
ean
prot
ein
Cor
n ste
ep li
quor
05
101520253035
FTas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
(b)
Figure 4 Organic and inorganic nitrogen sources on invertase (a) and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (b) production by A carbonarius PC-4Culture conditions pineapple crown (10 wv) nitrogen sources (02 wv) 28∘C 180 rpm Mean values with the same letter do notstatistically differ from each other by the ANOVA Tukey test (p = 005)
by Paecilomyces variotii which was 7 and 46 times higherfrom soy bran than those estimated for sucrose and glucoserespectively
34 Effect of Nitrogen Sources on Invertase and FTase Pro-duction Nitrogen sources have an important role in fer-mentation processes in which the microbial growth andenzyme secretion are directly affected by nitrogen com-position Organic and inorganic nitrogen sources play animportant role in the synthesis of enzymes since inorganicnitrogen sources can be used quickly and organic sources cansupply many cell growth factors and amino acids needed forcell metabolism and enzyme production [50] The invertaseand FTase production by A carbonarius PC-4 using differ-ent nitrogen sources such as ammonium ions (ammoniumnitrate ammonium chloride and ammonium sulfate) yeastextract peptone soybean protein and corn steep liquor afterthree and five days of cultivation can be observed in Figure 4Highest invertase activities were observed from ammoniumchloride and yeast extract (640 UmL and 613 UmLrespectively) which did not present differences in analysisof variance (pgt005) followed by ammonium sulfate andpeptone (590 UmL and 550 UmL respectively) after threedays of cultivation Ammonium nitrate soybean protein andcorn steep liquor induced the lowest invertase productionAfter five days of cultivation the invertase activity decreasedfrom all evaluated nitrogen sources indicating a microbialgrowth suppression caused by exhaustion of nutrient in theculture medium
Fermentation parameters for invertase productionshowed highest yield and productivity from yeast extract(119884119875119878 = 53685 Ug 119875P = 149 Uh) followed by ammoniumsulfate (119884119875119878 = 51457 Ug 119875119875 = 137 Uh) after three daysof cultivation (Table 3) The maximum biomass production
was observed after three days of cultivation using organic orinorganic nitrogen sources (770 ndash853 gL) After five daysof cultivation biomass production decreased though FTaseproduction was observed suggesting an extracellular enzymeproduction which was secreted to the medium (Figure 3)Giraldo et al [14] also observed the influence of organic andinorganic nitrogen sources on enzyme production Maximalproduction of extracellular invertase was obtained whenpeptonewas added to the culturemedium while peptone andammonium phosphate were both the best nitrogen sourcesfor the intracellular form Vandakova et al [6] observedsimilar results using yeast extract as nitrogen source Theseauthors related that the advantage of using yeast extractcompared to inorganic nitrogen substrates possibly is basedon supplementation of some essential growth factors for themicroorganism
FTase productionwas not statistically significant (pgt005)for enzyme activity using inorganic and organic nitrogensources although the highest activity was observed withsoybean protein and ammonium nitrate (2490 UmL and2400 UmL respectively) after five days of cultivationFermentation parameters for FTase production under theseevaluated conditions were 119884119875119878 = 262793 Ug and 119875119875 = 440Uh for soybean protein and 119884119875119878 = 240786 Ug and 119875119875 =400 Uh for ammonium nitrate Ammonium chloride wasalso a promising nitrogen source for enzyme productionfrom which were obtained high invertase production value(2140 UmL) and significant fermentation parameters ofyield and productivity (119884119875119878 = 211451 Ug and 119875119875 = 312Uh respectively)The lowest FTase productionwas observedusing yeast extract (1780 UmL 119884119875119878 = 179910 Ug and119875119875 = 300 Uh respectively) FTase production after threedays of cultivation showed similar activities among cornsteep liquor peptone soybean protein ammonium sulfate
The Scientific World Journal 11
12 120967260483624Time-course of cultivation (hours)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Inve
rtas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
(a)
06
121824303642485460
24 240216192168144120967248
FTas
e act
ivity
(Um
l)
Time-course of cultivation (hours)
(b)
0500
10001500200025003000350040004500
24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 240
Yiel
d (U
g o
f sub
stra
te)
Time-course (hours)
Invertase(c)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 240
Prod
uctiv
ity (U
gh
)
Time-course (hours)
Invertase(d)
Figure 5 Time-course and fermentation parameters of invertase and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (FTase) produced by 119860 carbonarius PC-4Legend (a) invertase production (b) FTase production (c) yield of production for invertase and FTase (d) productivity for invertase andFTase Culture conditions invertase productionwas carried out using pineapple crown (10wv) yeast extract (02wv) FTase productionwas carried out using pineapple crown (10 wv) and soybean protein (02 wv) cultures were carried out at 28∘C pH 60 and 180 rpm
yeast extract and ammonium chloride ranging from 1120to 1520 UmL except for ammonium nitrate from whichwas observed to have lower FTase activity of 780 UmLUnder these conditions productivity after three days ofcultivations showed higher enzyme activity values comparedto those obtained after five days indicating which the cultureparameters should be optimized to improve the enzymeproduction
35 Time-Course of Invertase and FTase Production Time-course of invertase and FTase production by A carbonariusPC-4 were carried out using the culture conditions estab-lished previously using the carbon and nitrogen sourcesselected (Figure 5) Invertase production was carried outusing pineapple crown (10 wv) as carbon source andammonium chloride (02 wv) as nitrogen source whileFTase production was carried out using pineapple crown(10 wv) as carbon source and soybean protein (02 wv)as nitrogen source Both cultivations were carried out at180 rpm and 28∘C during 120 h and 240 h respectively Max-imum invertase production was observed among 60 h and96 h of cultivation (1100 and 1252 UmL respectively) with
the highest production after 96 h (1252 UmL) (Figure 4(a))Under these culture conditions fermentation parametersshowed maximum yield after 72 h with 107390 Ug andproductivity of 630 Uh after 24 h (Figures 4(c) and 4(d))For FTase the maximum production was observed after168 h (4440 UmL) (Figure 4(b)) Fermentation parame-ters showed also maximum yield and productivity (119884119875119878= 598271 Ug and 119875119875 = 1000 Uh respectively) after168 h
4 Concluding Remarks
The screening of filamentous fungi from canned peach syruppresented potential Aspergillus spp for invertase productionunder submerged fermentation Among six potential isolatesblack Aspergillus sp PC-4 strain was selected to invertase andFTase production This strain was identified as Aspergilluscarbonarius PC-4 To our knowledge it is the first time thatA carbonarius strain is reported as an invertase and FTaseproducer in the literature Cultivation using pure carbonsources showed that this strain produces invertase in a con-stitutive way and FTase was inducible Agroindustrial wastes
12 The Scientific World Journal
were used as complex carbon sources and the pineapplecrown was a promising substrate for invertase and FTaseproduction Furthermore pineapple crown is firstly related inthis study as carbon source for enzyme production Nitrogensources showed that organic and inorganic sources can beused to both enzymes production though the ammoniumchloride and yeast extract were the best nitrogen sourcesfor invertase production (sim66 UmL) after three days ofcultivation while soybean protein and ammonium nitratewere the best sources for FTase production (sim24 UmL) afterfive days of cultivation Time-course of enzyme productionshowed an increase of 510-fold in the invertase productioncompared to initial experiments (screening of fungi) andFTase production increased 30-fold after 196 h of cultivationcompared to complex carbon sources (1460 UmL) Thisstudy showed that A carbonarius PC-4 is a promising fungalstrain for invertase and FTase production considering cost-benefit conditions and the enzymes produced are suitable forfood and nutraceuticals industries in order to obtain invertedsugar fructose syrups and fructooligosaccharides
Data Availability
The datasets analysed during the current study are notpublicly available due to continuing of the doctoral thesis butare available from the corresponding author on reasonablerequest
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interestregarding the publication of this paper
Acknowledgments
Alex Fernando de Almeida thanks the Federal Universityof Tocantins by Productivity grant (Edital 312015) andCoordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nıvel Supe-rior Brasil (CAPES) for the scholarship awarded to RyharaDias Batista
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[35] R P de Vries and J Visser ldquoAspergillus enzymes involved indegradation of plant cell wall polysaccharidesrdquo MicrobiologyandMolecular Biology Reviews vol 65 no 4 pp 497ndash522 2001
[36] N Anjana Devi and A G Appu Rao ldquoFractionation purifi-cation and preliminary characterization of polygalacturonasesproduced by Aspergillus carbonariusrdquo Enzyme and MicrobialTechnology vol 18 no 1 pp 59ndash65 1996
[37] E Nakkeeran S Umesh-Kumar and R Subramanian ldquoAs-pergillus carbonarius polygalacturonases purified by integratedmembrane process and affinity precipitation for apple juiceproductionrdquo Bioresource Technology vol 102 no 3 pp 3293ndash3297 2011
[38] S A Singh M Ramakrishna and A G Appu Rao ldquoOptimisa-tion of downstream processing parameters for the recovery ofpectinase from the fermented bran of Aspergillus carbonariusrdquoProcess Biochemistry vol 35 no 3-4 pp 411ndash417 1999
[39] T Kiss and L Kiss ldquoPurification and characterization of anextracellular 120573-D-xylosidase from Aspergillus carbonariusrdquoWorld Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology vol 16 no 5pp 465ndash470 2000
[40] S T de Rezende and C R Felix ldquoRaffinose-hydrolyzing activityofAspergillus fumigatusrdquo Biotechnology Letters vol 19 no 3 pp217ndash220 1997
[41] M H Vainstein and J F Peberdy ldquoRegulation of invertase inAspergillus nidulans Effect of different carbon sourcesrdquo Journalof General Microbiology vol 137 no 2 pp 315ndash321 1991
[42] L H S Guimaraes A F Somera H F TerenziM D L T DMPolizeli and J A Jorge ldquoProduction of 120573-fructofuranosidasesby Aspergillus niveus using agroindustrial residues as carbonsources Characterization of an intracellular enzyme accumu-lated in the presence of glucoserdquo Process Biochemistry vol 44no 2 pp 237ndash241 2009
[43] J N Alves J A Jorge and L H Guimaraes ldquoProduction ofInvertases by Anamorphic (Aspergillus nidulans) and Teleo-morphic (Emericela nidulans) Fungi under Submerged Fer-mentation Using Rye Flour as Carbon Sourcerdquo Advances inMicrobiology vol 03 no 05 pp 421ndash429 2013
[44] A C P Alegre M D L T D M Polizeli H F Terenzi JA Jorge and L H S Guimaraes ldquoProduction of thermostableinvertases by Aspergillus caespitosus under submerged or solidstate fermentation using agroindustrial residues as carbonsourcerdquoBrazilian Journal ofMicrobiology vol 40 no 3 pp 612ndash622 2009
[45] L R D S Moreira G V Ferreira S S T Santos A P SRibeiro F G Siqueira and E X F Filho ldquoThe hydrolysis ofagro-industrial residues by holocellulose-degrading enzymesrdquoBrazilian Journal of Microbiology vol 43 no 2 pp 498ndash5052012
[46] J M de Almeida V A de Lima P C G de Lima and AKnob ldquoEffective and Low-Cost Saccharification of PineapplePeel by Trichoderma viride Crude Extract with Enhanced 120573-Glucosidase Activityrdquo Bioenergy Research vol 9 no 3 pp 701ndash710 2016
[47] P Saravanan R Muthuvelayudham and T Viruthagiri ldquoEn-hanced Production of Cellulase from Pineapple Waste byResponse SurfaceMethodologyrdquo Journal of Engineering (UnitedStates) vol 2013 2013
[48] A M Siti Roha S Zainal A Noriham and K Z NadzirahldquoDetermination of sugar content in pineapple waste varietyN36rdquo International Food Research Journal vol 20 no 4 pp1941ndash1943 2013
[49] E Rosales S Rodrıguez Couto and M A Sanroman ldquoIn-creased laccase production by Trametes hirsuta grown ongroundorange peelingsrdquoEnzyme andMicrobial Technology vol40 no 5 pp 1286ndash1290 2007
[50] T Tan M Zhang J Xu and J Zhang ldquoOptimization ofculture conditions and properties of lipase from Penicilliumcamembertii Thom PG-3rdquo Process Biochemistry vol 39 no 11pp 1495ndash1502 2004
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Table3Ferm
entatio
nparametersfor
invertasea
nd120573-D
-fructosyltransfe
raseprod
uctio
nby
blackAspergillus
spP
C-4on
complex
carbon
sources
Com
ponent
Ferm
entatio
nparameters
72ho
urs
120ho
urs
Invertase
FTase
Biom
ass
Invertase
FTase
Biom
ass
Yps
PpYp
sPp
Yps
PpYp
sPp
Com
plex
carbon
sources(
10w
v)
Pineapplec
rown
58697
098
133843
223
670
57416
096
145900
194
788
Sweetp
otatoflo
ur35280
059
3314
3055
524
40221
067
73035
121
576
Sugarcaneb
agasse
3813
8064
1240
01
210
910
1079
2018
7310
012
199
3Corncob
26324
044
nd
nd
904
1870
3031
72390
120
908
Cassava
peel
1319
8022
40272
142
678
3310
006
24832
041
634
Soybeanpeel
2612
004
1041
002
967
2715
005
10276
006
1057
Soybeanbran
27352
046
nd
nd
561
31226
052
47618
079
521
Bacaba
peel
840
001
582
027
980
2151
004
nd
nd
999
Cornstr
aw2268
004
2476
004
1098
1386
002
4062
006
1163
Sorghu
mbran
2291
3038
28202
050
571
3791
006
25240
042
648
Wheatbram
40575
068
5177
1086
647
17885
030
67015
111
678
Nitr
ogen
sources(
02
wv)
Ammon
ium
nitrate
34082
094
108247
300
772
2316
7064
240
786
400
576
Ammon
ium
choride
49325
137
209681
582
790
5292
814
72114
51
352
600
Ammoinium
sulfate
51457
143
135937
377
824
41471
116
200
623
334
620
Yeastextract
53685
149
117666
327
833
39428
109
179910
300
640
Pepton
e42617
118
132282
367
853
39874
111
184956
310
592
Soybeanprotein
3296
8091
135120
375
848
25636
071
26279
3438
850
Cornste
epliq
uor
28717
098
111773
310
770
24058
067
184704
308
562
Cultu
recond
ition
sCu
ltivatio
nwe
recarriedou
tat28∘Cfor180
rpm
10 The Scientific World Journal
0123456789
10
Inve
rtas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
Nitrogen sources (02 wv)72 hours120 hours
aab
FG
de
ef fg
ABA
C
DE
FA
mm
oniu
m n
itrat
e
Am
mon
ium
chlo
ride
Am
mon
ium
sulfa
te
Yeas
t ext
ract
Pept
one
Soyb
ean
prot
ein
Cor
n ste
ep li
quor
(a)
Nitrogen sources (02 wv)72 hours120 hours
a a aab abc
bc
d
AABBC
CDEF DE DE
Am
mon
ium
nitr
ate
Am
mon
ium
chlo
ride
Am
mon
ium
sulfa
te
Yeas
t ext
ract
Pept
one
Soyb
ean
prot
ein
Cor
n ste
ep li
quor
05
101520253035
FTas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
(b)
Figure 4 Organic and inorganic nitrogen sources on invertase (a) and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (b) production by A carbonarius PC-4Culture conditions pineapple crown (10 wv) nitrogen sources (02 wv) 28∘C 180 rpm Mean values with the same letter do notstatistically differ from each other by the ANOVA Tukey test (p = 005)
by Paecilomyces variotii which was 7 and 46 times higherfrom soy bran than those estimated for sucrose and glucoserespectively
34 Effect of Nitrogen Sources on Invertase and FTase Pro-duction Nitrogen sources have an important role in fer-mentation processes in which the microbial growth andenzyme secretion are directly affected by nitrogen com-position Organic and inorganic nitrogen sources play animportant role in the synthesis of enzymes since inorganicnitrogen sources can be used quickly and organic sources cansupply many cell growth factors and amino acids needed forcell metabolism and enzyme production [50] The invertaseand FTase production by A carbonarius PC-4 using differ-ent nitrogen sources such as ammonium ions (ammoniumnitrate ammonium chloride and ammonium sulfate) yeastextract peptone soybean protein and corn steep liquor afterthree and five days of cultivation can be observed in Figure 4Highest invertase activities were observed from ammoniumchloride and yeast extract (640 UmL and 613 UmLrespectively) which did not present differences in analysisof variance (pgt005) followed by ammonium sulfate andpeptone (590 UmL and 550 UmL respectively) after threedays of cultivation Ammonium nitrate soybean protein andcorn steep liquor induced the lowest invertase productionAfter five days of cultivation the invertase activity decreasedfrom all evaluated nitrogen sources indicating a microbialgrowth suppression caused by exhaustion of nutrient in theculture medium
Fermentation parameters for invertase productionshowed highest yield and productivity from yeast extract(119884119875119878 = 53685 Ug 119875P = 149 Uh) followed by ammoniumsulfate (119884119875119878 = 51457 Ug 119875119875 = 137 Uh) after three daysof cultivation (Table 3) The maximum biomass production
was observed after three days of cultivation using organic orinorganic nitrogen sources (770 ndash853 gL) After five daysof cultivation biomass production decreased though FTaseproduction was observed suggesting an extracellular enzymeproduction which was secreted to the medium (Figure 3)Giraldo et al [14] also observed the influence of organic andinorganic nitrogen sources on enzyme production Maximalproduction of extracellular invertase was obtained whenpeptonewas added to the culturemedium while peptone andammonium phosphate were both the best nitrogen sourcesfor the intracellular form Vandakova et al [6] observedsimilar results using yeast extract as nitrogen source Theseauthors related that the advantage of using yeast extractcompared to inorganic nitrogen substrates possibly is basedon supplementation of some essential growth factors for themicroorganism
FTase productionwas not statistically significant (pgt005)for enzyme activity using inorganic and organic nitrogensources although the highest activity was observed withsoybean protein and ammonium nitrate (2490 UmL and2400 UmL respectively) after five days of cultivationFermentation parameters for FTase production under theseevaluated conditions were 119884119875119878 = 262793 Ug and 119875119875 = 440Uh for soybean protein and 119884119875119878 = 240786 Ug and 119875119875 =400 Uh for ammonium nitrate Ammonium chloride wasalso a promising nitrogen source for enzyme productionfrom which were obtained high invertase production value(2140 UmL) and significant fermentation parameters ofyield and productivity (119884119875119878 = 211451 Ug and 119875119875 = 312Uh respectively)The lowest FTase productionwas observedusing yeast extract (1780 UmL 119884119875119878 = 179910 Ug and119875119875 = 300 Uh respectively) FTase production after threedays of cultivation showed similar activities among cornsteep liquor peptone soybean protein ammonium sulfate
The Scientific World Journal 11
12 120967260483624Time-course of cultivation (hours)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Inve
rtas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
(a)
06
121824303642485460
24 240216192168144120967248
FTas
e act
ivity
(Um
l)
Time-course of cultivation (hours)
(b)
0500
10001500200025003000350040004500
24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 240
Yiel
d (U
g o
f sub
stra
te)
Time-course (hours)
Invertase(c)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 240
Prod
uctiv
ity (U
gh
)
Time-course (hours)
Invertase(d)
Figure 5 Time-course and fermentation parameters of invertase and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (FTase) produced by 119860 carbonarius PC-4Legend (a) invertase production (b) FTase production (c) yield of production for invertase and FTase (d) productivity for invertase andFTase Culture conditions invertase productionwas carried out using pineapple crown (10wv) yeast extract (02wv) FTase productionwas carried out using pineapple crown (10 wv) and soybean protein (02 wv) cultures were carried out at 28∘C pH 60 and 180 rpm
yeast extract and ammonium chloride ranging from 1120to 1520 UmL except for ammonium nitrate from whichwas observed to have lower FTase activity of 780 UmLUnder these conditions productivity after three days ofcultivations showed higher enzyme activity values comparedto those obtained after five days indicating which the cultureparameters should be optimized to improve the enzymeproduction
35 Time-Course of Invertase and FTase Production Time-course of invertase and FTase production by A carbonariusPC-4 were carried out using the culture conditions estab-lished previously using the carbon and nitrogen sourcesselected (Figure 5) Invertase production was carried outusing pineapple crown (10 wv) as carbon source andammonium chloride (02 wv) as nitrogen source whileFTase production was carried out using pineapple crown(10 wv) as carbon source and soybean protein (02 wv)as nitrogen source Both cultivations were carried out at180 rpm and 28∘C during 120 h and 240 h respectively Max-imum invertase production was observed among 60 h and96 h of cultivation (1100 and 1252 UmL respectively) with
the highest production after 96 h (1252 UmL) (Figure 4(a))Under these culture conditions fermentation parametersshowed maximum yield after 72 h with 107390 Ug andproductivity of 630 Uh after 24 h (Figures 4(c) and 4(d))For FTase the maximum production was observed after168 h (4440 UmL) (Figure 4(b)) Fermentation parame-ters showed also maximum yield and productivity (119884119875119878= 598271 Ug and 119875119875 = 1000 Uh respectively) after168 h
4 Concluding Remarks
The screening of filamentous fungi from canned peach syruppresented potential Aspergillus spp for invertase productionunder submerged fermentation Among six potential isolatesblack Aspergillus sp PC-4 strain was selected to invertase andFTase production This strain was identified as Aspergilluscarbonarius PC-4 To our knowledge it is the first time thatA carbonarius strain is reported as an invertase and FTaseproducer in the literature Cultivation using pure carbonsources showed that this strain produces invertase in a con-stitutive way and FTase was inducible Agroindustrial wastes
12 The Scientific World Journal
were used as complex carbon sources and the pineapplecrown was a promising substrate for invertase and FTaseproduction Furthermore pineapple crown is firstly related inthis study as carbon source for enzyme production Nitrogensources showed that organic and inorganic sources can beused to both enzymes production though the ammoniumchloride and yeast extract were the best nitrogen sourcesfor invertase production (sim66 UmL) after three days ofcultivation while soybean protein and ammonium nitratewere the best sources for FTase production (sim24 UmL) afterfive days of cultivation Time-course of enzyme productionshowed an increase of 510-fold in the invertase productioncompared to initial experiments (screening of fungi) andFTase production increased 30-fold after 196 h of cultivationcompared to complex carbon sources (1460 UmL) Thisstudy showed that A carbonarius PC-4 is a promising fungalstrain for invertase and FTase production considering cost-benefit conditions and the enzymes produced are suitable forfood and nutraceuticals industries in order to obtain invertedsugar fructose syrups and fructooligosaccharides
Data Availability
The datasets analysed during the current study are notpublicly available due to continuing of the doctoral thesis butare available from the corresponding author on reasonablerequest
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interestregarding the publication of this paper
Acknowledgments
Alex Fernando de Almeida thanks the Federal Universityof Tocantins by Productivity grant (Edital 312015) andCoordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nıvel Supe-rior Brasil (CAPES) for the scholarship awarded to RyharaDias Batista
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[35] R P de Vries and J Visser ldquoAspergillus enzymes involved indegradation of plant cell wall polysaccharidesrdquo MicrobiologyandMolecular Biology Reviews vol 65 no 4 pp 497ndash522 2001
[36] N Anjana Devi and A G Appu Rao ldquoFractionation purifi-cation and preliminary characterization of polygalacturonasesproduced by Aspergillus carbonariusrdquo Enzyme and MicrobialTechnology vol 18 no 1 pp 59ndash65 1996
[37] E Nakkeeran S Umesh-Kumar and R Subramanian ldquoAs-pergillus carbonarius polygalacturonases purified by integratedmembrane process and affinity precipitation for apple juiceproductionrdquo Bioresource Technology vol 102 no 3 pp 3293ndash3297 2011
[38] S A Singh M Ramakrishna and A G Appu Rao ldquoOptimisa-tion of downstream processing parameters for the recovery ofpectinase from the fermented bran of Aspergillus carbonariusrdquoProcess Biochemistry vol 35 no 3-4 pp 411ndash417 1999
[39] T Kiss and L Kiss ldquoPurification and characterization of anextracellular 120573-D-xylosidase from Aspergillus carbonariusrdquoWorld Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology vol 16 no 5pp 465ndash470 2000
[40] S T de Rezende and C R Felix ldquoRaffinose-hydrolyzing activityofAspergillus fumigatusrdquo Biotechnology Letters vol 19 no 3 pp217ndash220 1997
[41] M H Vainstein and J F Peberdy ldquoRegulation of invertase inAspergillus nidulans Effect of different carbon sourcesrdquo Journalof General Microbiology vol 137 no 2 pp 315ndash321 1991
[42] L H S Guimaraes A F Somera H F TerenziM D L T DMPolizeli and J A Jorge ldquoProduction of 120573-fructofuranosidasesby Aspergillus niveus using agroindustrial residues as carbonsources Characterization of an intracellular enzyme accumu-lated in the presence of glucoserdquo Process Biochemistry vol 44no 2 pp 237ndash241 2009
[43] J N Alves J A Jorge and L H Guimaraes ldquoProduction ofInvertases by Anamorphic (Aspergillus nidulans) and Teleo-morphic (Emericela nidulans) Fungi under Submerged Fer-mentation Using Rye Flour as Carbon Sourcerdquo Advances inMicrobiology vol 03 no 05 pp 421ndash429 2013
[44] A C P Alegre M D L T D M Polizeli H F Terenzi JA Jorge and L H S Guimaraes ldquoProduction of thermostableinvertases by Aspergillus caespitosus under submerged or solidstate fermentation using agroindustrial residues as carbonsourcerdquoBrazilian Journal ofMicrobiology vol 40 no 3 pp 612ndash622 2009
[45] L R D S Moreira G V Ferreira S S T Santos A P SRibeiro F G Siqueira and E X F Filho ldquoThe hydrolysis ofagro-industrial residues by holocellulose-degrading enzymesrdquoBrazilian Journal of Microbiology vol 43 no 2 pp 498ndash5052012
[46] J M de Almeida V A de Lima P C G de Lima and AKnob ldquoEffective and Low-Cost Saccharification of PineapplePeel by Trichoderma viride Crude Extract with Enhanced 120573-Glucosidase Activityrdquo Bioenergy Research vol 9 no 3 pp 701ndash710 2016
[47] P Saravanan R Muthuvelayudham and T Viruthagiri ldquoEn-hanced Production of Cellulase from Pineapple Waste byResponse SurfaceMethodologyrdquo Journal of Engineering (UnitedStates) vol 2013 2013
[48] A M Siti Roha S Zainal A Noriham and K Z NadzirahldquoDetermination of sugar content in pineapple waste varietyN36rdquo International Food Research Journal vol 20 no 4 pp1941ndash1943 2013
[49] E Rosales S Rodrıguez Couto and M A Sanroman ldquoIn-creased laccase production by Trametes hirsuta grown ongroundorange peelingsrdquoEnzyme andMicrobial Technology vol40 no 5 pp 1286ndash1290 2007
[50] T Tan M Zhang J Xu and J Zhang ldquoOptimization ofculture conditions and properties of lipase from Penicilliumcamembertii Thom PG-3rdquo Process Biochemistry vol 39 no 11pp 1495ndash1502 2004
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International Journal of
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Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
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PeptidesInternational Journal of
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
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GenomicsInternational Journal of
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013Hindawiwwwhindawicom
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Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
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Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
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10 The Scientific World Journal
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10
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Nitrogen sources (02 wv)72 hours120 hours
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(Um
L)
(b)
Figure 4 Organic and inorganic nitrogen sources on invertase (a) and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (b) production by A carbonarius PC-4Culture conditions pineapple crown (10 wv) nitrogen sources (02 wv) 28∘C 180 rpm Mean values with the same letter do notstatistically differ from each other by the ANOVA Tukey test (p = 005)
by Paecilomyces variotii which was 7 and 46 times higherfrom soy bran than those estimated for sucrose and glucoserespectively
34 Effect of Nitrogen Sources on Invertase and FTase Pro-duction Nitrogen sources have an important role in fer-mentation processes in which the microbial growth andenzyme secretion are directly affected by nitrogen com-position Organic and inorganic nitrogen sources play animportant role in the synthesis of enzymes since inorganicnitrogen sources can be used quickly and organic sources cansupply many cell growth factors and amino acids needed forcell metabolism and enzyme production [50] The invertaseand FTase production by A carbonarius PC-4 using differ-ent nitrogen sources such as ammonium ions (ammoniumnitrate ammonium chloride and ammonium sulfate) yeastextract peptone soybean protein and corn steep liquor afterthree and five days of cultivation can be observed in Figure 4Highest invertase activities were observed from ammoniumchloride and yeast extract (640 UmL and 613 UmLrespectively) which did not present differences in analysisof variance (pgt005) followed by ammonium sulfate andpeptone (590 UmL and 550 UmL respectively) after threedays of cultivation Ammonium nitrate soybean protein andcorn steep liquor induced the lowest invertase productionAfter five days of cultivation the invertase activity decreasedfrom all evaluated nitrogen sources indicating a microbialgrowth suppression caused by exhaustion of nutrient in theculture medium
Fermentation parameters for invertase productionshowed highest yield and productivity from yeast extract(119884119875119878 = 53685 Ug 119875P = 149 Uh) followed by ammoniumsulfate (119884119875119878 = 51457 Ug 119875119875 = 137 Uh) after three daysof cultivation (Table 3) The maximum biomass production
was observed after three days of cultivation using organic orinorganic nitrogen sources (770 ndash853 gL) After five daysof cultivation biomass production decreased though FTaseproduction was observed suggesting an extracellular enzymeproduction which was secreted to the medium (Figure 3)Giraldo et al [14] also observed the influence of organic andinorganic nitrogen sources on enzyme production Maximalproduction of extracellular invertase was obtained whenpeptonewas added to the culturemedium while peptone andammonium phosphate were both the best nitrogen sourcesfor the intracellular form Vandakova et al [6] observedsimilar results using yeast extract as nitrogen source Theseauthors related that the advantage of using yeast extractcompared to inorganic nitrogen substrates possibly is basedon supplementation of some essential growth factors for themicroorganism
FTase productionwas not statistically significant (pgt005)for enzyme activity using inorganic and organic nitrogensources although the highest activity was observed withsoybean protein and ammonium nitrate (2490 UmL and2400 UmL respectively) after five days of cultivationFermentation parameters for FTase production under theseevaluated conditions were 119884119875119878 = 262793 Ug and 119875119875 = 440Uh for soybean protein and 119884119875119878 = 240786 Ug and 119875119875 =400 Uh for ammonium nitrate Ammonium chloride wasalso a promising nitrogen source for enzyme productionfrom which were obtained high invertase production value(2140 UmL) and significant fermentation parameters ofyield and productivity (119884119875119878 = 211451 Ug and 119875119875 = 312Uh respectively)The lowest FTase productionwas observedusing yeast extract (1780 UmL 119884119875119878 = 179910 Ug and119875119875 = 300 Uh respectively) FTase production after threedays of cultivation showed similar activities among cornsteep liquor peptone soybean protein ammonium sulfate
The Scientific World Journal 11
12 120967260483624Time-course of cultivation (hours)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Inve
rtas
e act
ivity
(Um
L)
(a)
06
121824303642485460
24 240216192168144120967248
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e act
ivity
(Um
l)
Time-course of cultivation (hours)
(b)
0500
10001500200025003000350040004500
24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 240
Yiel
d (U
g o
f sub
stra
te)
Time-course (hours)
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0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 240
Prod
uctiv
ity (U
gh
)
Time-course (hours)
Invertase(d)
Figure 5 Time-course and fermentation parameters of invertase and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (FTase) produced by 119860 carbonarius PC-4Legend (a) invertase production (b) FTase production (c) yield of production for invertase and FTase (d) productivity for invertase andFTase Culture conditions invertase productionwas carried out using pineapple crown (10wv) yeast extract (02wv) FTase productionwas carried out using pineapple crown (10 wv) and soybean protein (02 wv) cultures were carried out at 28∘C pH 60 and 180 rpm
yeast extract and ammonium chloride ranging from 1120to 1520 UmL except for ammonium nitrate from whichwas observed to have lower FTase activity of 780 UmLUnder these conditions productivity after three days ofcultivations showed higher enzyme activity values comparedto those obtained after five days indicating which the cultureparameters should be optimized to improve the enzymeproduction
35 Time-Course of Invertase and FTase Production Time-course of invertase and FTase production by A carbonariusPC-4 were carried out using the culture conditions estab-lished previously using the carbon and nitrogen sourcesselected (Figure 5) Invertase production was carried outusing pineapple crown (10 wv) as carbon source andammonium chloride (02 wv) as nitrogen source whileFTase production was carried out using pineapple crown(10 wv) as carbon source and soybean protein (02 wv)as nitrogen source Both cultivations were carried out at180 rpm and 28∘C during 120 h and 240 h respectively Max-imum invertase production was observed among 60 h and96 h of cultivation (1100 and 1252 UmL respectively) with
the highest production after 96 h (1252 UmL) (Figure 4(a))Under these culture conditions fermentation parametersshowed maximum yield after 72 h with 107390 Ug andproductivity of 630 Uh after 24 h (Figures 4(c) and 4(d))For FTase the maximum production was observed after168 h (4440 UmL) (Figure 4(b)) Fermentation parame-ters showed also maximum yield and productivity (119884119875119878= 598271 Ug and 119875119875 = 1000 Uh respectively) after168 h
4 Concluding Remarks
The screening of filamentous fungi from canned peach syruppresented potential Aspergillus spp for invertase productionunder submerged fermentation Among six potential isolatesblack Aspergillus sp PC-4 strain was selected to invertase andFTase production This strain was identified as Aspergilluscarbonarius PC-4 To our knowledge it is the first time thatA carbonarius strain is reported as an invertase and FTaseproducer in the literature Cultivation using pure carbonsources showed that this strain produces invertase in a con-stitutive way and FTase was inducible Agroindustrial wastes
12 The Scientific World Journal
were used as complex carbon sources and the pineapplecrown was a promising substrate for invertase and FTaseproduction Furthermore pineapple crown is firstly related inthis study as carbon source for enzyme production Nitrogensources showed that organic and inorganic sources can beused to both enzymes production though the ammoniumchloride and yeast extract were the best nitrogen sourcesfor invertase production (sim66 UmL) after three days ofcultivation while soybean protein and ammonium nitratewere the best sources for FTase production (sim24 UmL) afterfive days of cultivation Time-course of enzyme productionshowed an increase of 510-fold in the invertase productioncompared to initial experiments (screening of fungi) andFTase production increased 30-fold after 196 h of cultivationcompared to complex carbon sources (1460 UmL) Thisstudy showed that A carbonarius PC-4 is a promising fungalstrain for invertase and FTase production considering cost-benefit conditions and the enzymes produced are suitable forfood and nutraceuticals industries in order to obtain invertedsugar fructose syrups and fructooligosaccharides
Data Availability
The datasets analysed during the current study are notpublicly available due to continuing of the doctoral thesis butare available from the corresponding author on reasonablerequest
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interestregarding the publication of this paper
Acknowledgments
Alex Fernando de Almeida thanks the Federal Universityof Tocantins by Productivity grant (Edital 312015) andCoordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nıvel Supe-rior Brasil (CAPES) for the scholarship awarded to RyharaDias Batista
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[2] O Oyedeji M K Bakare I O Adewale P O Olutiola andO O Omoboye ldquoOptimized production and characterizationof thermostable invertase from Aspergillus niger IBK1 usingpineapple peel as alternate substraterdquo Biocatalysis and Agricul-tural Biotechnology vol 9 pp 218ndash223 2017
[3] F Veana C N Aguilar and R R Herrera ldquoKinetic studies ofinvertase production by xerophilic Aspergillus and Penicilliumstrains under submerged culturerdquo Micologia Aplcada Interna-cional vol 23 no 2 pp 37ndash45 2011
[4] H Nadeem M H Rashid M H Siddique et al ldquoMicrobialinvertases A review on kinetics thermodynamics physio-chemical propertiesrdquo Process Biochemistry vol 50 no 8 pp1202ndash1210 2015
[5] E Akardere B Ozer E B Celem and S Onal ldquoThree-phasepartitioning of invertase from Bakerrsquos yeastrdquo Separation andPurification Technology vol 72 no 3 pp 335ndash339 2010
[6] M Vandakova Z Platkova M Antosova V Bales and MPolakovic ldquoOptimization of cultivation conditions for pro-duction of fructosyltransferase by Aureobasidium pullulansrdquoChemical Papers vol 58 no 1 pp 15ndash22 2004
[7] M A Ganaie U S Gupta and N Kango ldquoScreening of biocat-alysts for transformation of sucrose to fructooligosaccharidesrdquoJournal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic vol 97 pp 12ndash172013
[8] D C Khandekar T Palai A Agarwal and P K BhattacharyaldquoKinetics of sucrose conversion to fructo-oligosaccharidesusing enzyme (invertase) under free conditionrdquo Bioprocess andBiosystems Engineering vol 37 no 12 pp 2529ndash2537 2014
[9] L LrsquoHocine Z Wang B Jiang and S Xu ldquoPurification andpartial characterization of fructosyltransferase and invertasefrom Aspergillus niger AS0023rdquo Journal of Biotechnology vol81 no 1 pp 73ndash84 2000
[10] M C Rubio and A R Navarro ldquoRegulation of invertase syn-thesis in Aspergillus nigerrdquo Enzyme and Microbial Technologyvol 39 no 4 pp 601ndash606 2006
[11] C Uma D Gomathi CMuthulakshmi and V K Gopalakrish-nan ldquoProduction purification and characterizationof invertaseby Aspergillus flavus using fruit peel waste as substraterdquoAdvances in Biological Research vol 4 no 1 pp 31ndash36 2010
[12] L H S Guimaraes H F Terenzi M D L T D M Polizeli andJ A Jorge ldquoProduction and characterization of a thermostableextracellular 120573-d-fructofuranosidase produced by Aspergillusochraceus with agroindustrial residues as carbon sourcesrdquoEnzyme andMicrobial Technology vol 42 no 1 pp 52ndash57 2007
[13] D De Freitas Borghi R Guirardello and L C Filho ldquoStoragelogistics of fruits and vegetables Effect of temperaturerdquoChem-ical Engineering Transactions vol 17 pp 951ndash956 2009
[14] M A Giraldo T M da Silva F Salvato H F Terenzi J AJorge and L H S Guimaraes ldquoThermostable invertases fromPaecylomyces variotii produced under submerged and solid-state fermentation using agroindustrial residuesrdquoWorld Journalof Microbiology and Biotechnology vol 28 no 2 pp 463ndash4722012
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[17] K A Seifert ldquoCompendium of Soil Fungi - by KH DomschW Gams amp T-H Andersonrdquo European Journal of Soil Science2009
[18] J I Pitt The Genus Penicillium Academic Press London UK1979
[19] H J Vogel ldquoA convenient growth medium for Neurospora(Medium N)rdquo Microbial Genetics Bulletin vol 13 pp 42-431956
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[22] F Sanger S Nicklen and A R Coulson ldquoDNA sequencingwith chain-terminating inhibitorsrdquo Proceedings of the NationalAcadamy of Sciences of the United States of America vol 74 no12 pp 5463ndash5467 1977
[23] Q-Z Lou M Lu and J-H Sun ldquoYeast Diversity Associatedwith Invasive Dendroctonus valens Killing Pinus tabuliformisin China Using Culturing and Molecular Methodsrdquo MicrobialEcology vol 68 no 2 pp 397ndash415 2014
[24] J D Thompson D G Higgins and T J Gibson ldquoCLUSTALW improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple sequencealignment through sequence weighting position-specific gappenalties and weightmatrix choicerdquoNucleic Acids Research vol22 no 22 pp 4673ndash4680 1994
[25] A Walkley ldquoA critical examination of a rapid method fordetermining organic carbon in soilsmdasheffect of variations indigestion conditions and of inorganic soil constituentsrdquo SoilScience vol 63 no 4 pp 251ndash264 1947
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[27] C A Lang ldquoSimple Microdetermination of Kjeldahl Nitrogenin Biological MaterialsrdquoAnalytical Chemistry vol 30 no 10 pp1692ndash1694 1958
[28] G L Miller ldquoUse of dinitrosalicylic acid reagent for determina-tion of reducing sugarrdquo Analytical Chemistry vol 31 no 3 pp426ndash428 1959
[29] S J Romero-Gomez C Augur and G Viniegra-GonzalezldquoInvertase production by Aspergillus niger in submerged andsolid-state fermentationrdquo Biotechnology Letters vol 22 no 15pp 1255ndash1258 2000
[30] F M Poonawalla K L Patel and M R Iyengar ldquoInvertaseproduction by Penicillium chrysogenum and other fungi insubmerged fermentationrdquo Journal of Applied Microbiology vol13 no 5 pp 749ndash754 1965
[31] S I Mussatto M B Prata L R Rodrigues and J ATeixeira ldquoProduction of fructooligosaccharides and 120573-fructofuranosidase by batch and repeated batch fermentationwith immobilized cells of Penicillium expansumrdquo EuropeanFood Research and Technology vol 235 no 1 pp 13ndash22 2012
[32] C Jiang J Shi Y Cheng and Y Liu ldquoEffect of Aspergilluscarbonarius amounts on winemaking and ochratoxin A con-taminationrdquo Food Control vol 40 no 1 pp 85ndash92 2014
[33] I K Lappa S Mparampouti B Lanza and E Z PanagouldquoControl of Aspergillus carbonarius in grape berries by Lac-tobacillus plantarum A phenotypic and gene transcriptionstudyrdquo International Journal of Food Microbiology vol 275 pp56ndash65 2018
[34] L Freire T M Guerreiro E T Carames et al ldquoInfluence ofmaturation stages in different varieties of wine grapes (Vitisvinifera) on the production of ochratoxin a and its modifiedforms by Aspergillus carbonarius and Aspergillus nigerrdquo Journalof Agricultural and Food Chemistry vol 66 no 33 pp 8824ndash8831 2018
[35] R P de Vries and J Visser ldquoAspergillus enzymes involved indegradation of plant cell wall polysaccharidesrdquo MicrobiologyandMolecular Biology Reviews vol 65 no 4 pp 497ndash522 2001
[36] N Anjana Devi and A G Appu Rao ldquoFractionation purifi-cation and preliminary characterization of polygalacturonasesproduced by Aspergillus carbonariusrdquo Enzyme and MicrobialTechnology vol 18 no 1 pp 59ndash65 1996
[37] E Nakkeeran S Umesh-Kumar and R Subramanian ldquoAs-pergillus carbonarius polygalacturonases purified by integratedmembrane process and affinity precipitation for apple juiceproductionrdquo Bioresource Technology vol 102 no 3 pp 3293ndash3297 2011
[38] S A Singh M Ramakrishna and A G Appu Rao ldquoOptimisa-tion of downstream processing parameters for the recovery ofpectinase from the fermented bran of Aspergillus carbonariusrdquoProcess Biochemistry vol 35 no 3-4 pp 411ndash417 1999
[39] T Kiss and L Kiss ldquoPurification and characterization of anextracellular 120573-D-xylosidase from Aspergillus carbonariusrdquoWorld Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology vol 16 no 5pp 465ndash470 2000
[40] S T de Rezende and C R Felix ldquoRaffinose-hydrolyzing activityofAspergillus fumigatusrdquo Biotechnology Letters vol 19 no 3 pp217ndash220 1997
[41] M H Vainstein and J F Peberdy ldquoRegulation of invertase inAspergillus nidulans Effect of different carbon sourcesrdquo Journalof General Microbiology vol 137 no 2 pp 315ndash321 1991
[42] L H S Guimaraes A F Somera H F TerenziM D L T DMPolizeli and J A Jorge ldquoProduction of 120573-fructofuranosidasesby Aspergillus niveus using agroindustrial residues as carbonsources Characterization of an intracellular enzyme accumu-lated in the presence of glucoserdquo Process Biochemistry vol 44no 2 pp 237ndash241 2009
[43] J N Alves J A Jorge and L H Guimaraes ldquoProduction ofInvertases by Anamorphic (Aspergillus nidulans) and Teleo-morphic (Emericela nidulans) Fungi under Submerged Fer-mentation Using Rye Flour as Carbon Sourcerdquo Advances inMicrobiology vol 03 no 05 pp 421ndash429 2013
[44] A C P Alegre M D L T D M Polizeli H F Terenzi JA Jorge and L H S Guimaraes ldquoProduction of thermostableinvertases by Aspergillus caespitosus under submerged or solidstate fermentation using agroindustrial residues as carbonsourcerdquoBrazilian Journal ofMicrobiology vol 40 no 3 pp 612ndash622 2009
[45] L R D S Moreira G V Ferreira S S T Santos A P SRibeiro F G Siqueira and E X F Filho ldquoThe hydrolysis ofagro-industrial residues by holocellulose-degrading enzymesrdquoBrazilian Journal of Microbiology vol 43 no 2 pp 498ndash5052012
[46] J M de Almeida V A de Lima P C G de Lima and AKnob ldquoEffective and Low-Cost Saccharification of PineapplePeel by Trichoderma viride Crude Extract with Enhanced 120573-Glucosidase Activityrdquo Bioenergy Research vol 9 no 3 pp 701ndash710 2016
[47] P Saravanan R Muthuvelayudham and T Viruthagiri ldquoEn-hanced Production of Cellulase from Pineapple Waste byResponse SurfaceMethodologyrdquo Journal of Engineering (UnitedStates) vol 2013 2013
[48] A M Siti Roha S Zainal A Noriham and K Z NadzirahldquoDetermination of sugar content in pineapple waste varietyN36rdquo International Food Research Journal vol 20 no 4 pp1941ndash1943 2013
[49] E Rosales S Rodrıguez Couto and M A Sanroman ldquoIn-creased laccase production by Trametes hirsuta grown ongroundorange peelingsrdquoEnzyme andMicrobial Technology vol40 no 5 pp 1286ndash1290 2007
[50] T Tan M Zhang J Xu and J Zhang ldquoOptimization ofculture conditions and properties of lipase from Penicilliumcamembertii Thom PG-3rdquo Process Biochemistry vol 39 no 11pp 1495ndash1502 2004
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Submit your manuscripts atwwwhindawicom
The Scientific World Journal 11
12 120967260483624Time-course of cultivation (hours)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Inve
rtas
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ivity
(Um
L)
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121824303642485460
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24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 240
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g o
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24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 240
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uctiv
ity (U
gh
)
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Figure 5 Time-course and fermentation parameters of invertase and 120573-D-fructosyltransferase (FTase) produced by 119860 carbonarius PC-4Legend (a) invertase production (b) FTase production (c) yield of production for invertase and FTase (d) productivity for invertase andFTase Culture conditions invertase productionwas carried out using pineapple crown (10wv) yeast extract (02wv) FTase productionwas carried out using pineapple crown (10 wv) and soybean protein (02 wv) cultures were carried out at 28∘C pH 60 and 180 rpm
yeast extract and ammonium chloride ranging from 1120to 1520 UmL except for ammonium nitrate from whichwas observed to have lower FTase activity of 780 UmLUnder these conditions productivity after three days ofcultivations showed higher enzyme activity values comparedto those obtained after five days indicating which the cultureparameters should be optimized to improve the enzymeproduction
35 Time-Course of Invertase and FTase Production Time-course of invertase and FTase production by A carbonariusPC-4 were carried out using the culture conditions estab-lished previously using the carbon and nitrogen sourcesselected (Figure 5) Invertase production was carried outusing pineapple crown (10 wv) as carbon source andammonium chloride (02 wv) as nitrogen source whileFTase production was carried out using pineapple crown(10 wv) as carbon source and soybean protein (02 wv)as nitrogen source Both cultivations were carried out at180 rpm and 28∘C during 120 h and 240 h respectively Max-imum invertase production was observed among 60 h and96 h of cultivation (1100 and 1252 UmL respectively) with
the highest production after 96 h (1252 UmL) (Figure 4(a))Under these culture conditions fermentation parametersshowed maximum yield after 72 h with 107390 Ug andproductivity of 630 Uh after 24 h (Figures 4(c) and 4(d))For FTase the maximum production was observed after168 h (4440 UmL) (Figure 4(b)) Fermentation parame-ters showed also maximum yield and productivity (119884119875119878= 598271 Ug and 119875119875 = 1000 Uh respectively) after168 h
4 Concluding Remarks
The screening of filamentous fungi from canned peach syruppresented potential Aspergillus spp for invertase productionunder submerged fermentation Among six potential isolatesblack Aspergillus sp PC-4 strain was selected to invertase andFTase production This strain was identified as Aspergilluscarbonarius PC-4 To our knowledge it is the first time thatA carbonarius strain is reported as an invertase and FTaseproducer in the literature Cultivation using pure carbonsources showed that this strain produces invertase in a con-stitutive way and FTase was inducible Agroindustrial wastes
12 The Scientific World Journal
were used as complex carbon sources and the pineapplecrown was a promising substrate for invertase and FTaseproduction Furthermore pineapple crown is firstly related inthis study as carbon source for enzyme production Nitrogensources showed that organic and inorganic sources can beused to both enzymes production though the ammoniumchloride and yeast extract were the best nitrogen sourcesfor invertase production (sim66 UmL) after three days ofcultivation while soybean protein and ammonium nitratewere the best sources for FTase production (sim24 UmL) afterfive days of cultivation Time-course of enzyme productionshowed an increase of 510-fold in the invertase productioncompared to initial experiments (screening of fungi) andFTase production increased 30-fold after 196 h of cultivationcompared to complex carbon sources (1460 UmL) Thisstudy showed that A carbonarius PC-4 is a promising fungalstrain for invertase and FTase production considering cost-benefit conditions and the enzymes produced are suitable forfood and nutraceuticals industries in order to obtain invertedsugar fructose syrups and fructooligosaccharides
Data Availability
The datasets analysed during the current study are notpublicly available due to continuing of the doctoral thesis butare available from the corresponding author on reasonablerequest
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interestregarding the publication of this paper
Acknowledgments
Alex Fernando de Almeida thanks the Federal Universityof Tocantins by Productivity grant (Edital 312015) andCoordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nıvel Supe-rior Brasil (CAPES) for the scholarship awarded to RyharaDias Batista
References
[1] T Chand Bhalla Bansuli N Thakur Savitri and N ThakurldquoInvertase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae SAA-612 Produc-tion characterization and application in synthesis of fructo-oligosaccharidesrdquo LWT- Food Science and Technology vol 77pp 178ndash185 2017
[2] O Oyedeji M K Bakare I O Adewale P O Olutiola andO O Omoboye ldquoOptimized production and characterizationof thermostable invertase from Aspergillus niger IBK1 usingpineapple peel as alternate substraterdquo Biocatalysis and Agricul-tural Biotechnology vol 9 pp 218ndash223 2017
[3] F Veana C N Aguilar and R R Herrera ldquoKinetic studies ofinvertase production by xerophilic Aspergillus and Penicilliumstrains under submerged culturerdquo Micologia Aplcada Interna-cional vol 23 no 2 pp 37ndash45 2011
[4] H Nadeem M H Rashid M H Siddique et al ldquoMicrobialinvertases A review on kinetics thermodynamics physio-chemical propertiesrdquo Process Biochemistry vol 50 no 8 pp1202ndash1210 2015
[5] E Akardere B Ozer E B Celem and S Onal ldquoThree-phasepartitioning of invertase from Bakerrsquos yeastrdquo Separation andPurification Technology vol 72 no 3 pp 335ndash339 2010
[6] M Vandakova Z Platkova M Antosova V Bales and MPolakovic ldquoOptimization of cultivation conditions for pro-duction of fructosyltransferase by Aureobasidium pullulansrdquoChemical Papers vol 58 no 1 pp 15ndash22 2004
[7] M A Ganaie U S Gupta and N Kango ldquoScreening of biocat-alysts for transformation of sucrose to fructooligosaccharidesrdquoJournal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic vol 97 pp 12ndash172013
[8] D C Khandekar T Palai A Agarwal and P K BhattacharyaldquoKinetics of sucrose conversion to fructo-oligosaccharidesusing enzyme (invertase) under free conditionrdquo Bioprocess andBiosystems Engineering vol 37 no 12 pp 2529ndash2537 2014
[9] L LrsquoHocine Z Wang B Jiang and S Xu ldquoPurification andpartial characterization of fructosyltransferase and invertasefrom Aspergillus niger AS0023rdquo Journal of Biotechnology vol81 no 1 pp 73ndash84 2000
[10] M C Rubio and A R Navarro ldquoRegulation of invertase syn-thesis in Aspergillus nigerrdquo Enzyme and Microbial Technologyvol 39 no 4 pp 601ndash606 2006
[11] C Uma D Gomathi CMuthulakshmi and V K Gopalakrish-nan ldquoProduction purification and characterizationof invertaseby Aspergillus flavus using fruit peel waste as substraterdquoAdvances in Biological Research vol 4 no 1 pp 31ndash36 2010
[12] L H S Guimaraes H F Terenzi M D L T D M Polizeli andJ A Jorge ldquoProduction and characterization of a thermostableextracellular 120573-d-fructofuranosidase produced by Aspergillusochraceus with agroindustrial residues as carbon sourcesrdquoEnzyme andMicrobial Technology vol 42 no 1 pp 52ndash57 2007
[13] D De Freitas Borghi R Guirardello and L C Filho ldquoStoragelogistics of fruits and vegetables Effect of temperaturerdquoChem-ical Engineering Transactions vol 17 pp 951ndash956 2009
[14] M A Giraldo T M da Silva F Salvato H F Terenzi J AJorge and L H S Guimaraes ldquoThermostable invertases fromPaecylomyces variotii produced under submerged and solid-state fermentation using agroindustrial residuesrdquoWorld Journalof Microbiology and Biotechnology vol 28 no 2 pp 463ndash4722012
[15] A Castellani ldquoMaintenace and cultivation of the commonpathogenic fungi of man in sterile distilled waterrdquo Journal ofTropical Medicine Hygine vol 70 pp 181ndash184 1967
[16] C R Benjamin K B Raper and D I Fennell The GenusAspergillus vol 58 Robert Erieger Publishing CompanyHuntimgton New York NY USA 1977
[17] K A Seifert ldquoCompendium of Soil Fungi - by KH DomschW Gams amp T-H Andersonrdquo European Journal of Soil Science2009
[18] J I Pitt The Genus Penicillium Academic Press London UK1979
[19] H J Vogel ldquoA convenient growth medium for Neurospora(Medium N)rdquo Microbial Genetics Bulletin vol 13 pp 42-431956
[20] M A Innis D H Gelfand J J Snlnsky and T J White PCRprotocols a guide to methods and applications Academic PressNew York NY USA 1990
The Scientific World Journal 13
[21] J Sambrook P Maccallum and D RusselMolecular cloning alaboratory manual Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press USA
[22] F Sanger S Nicklen and A R Coulson ldquoDNA sequencingwith chain-terminating inhibitorsrdquo Proceedings of the NationalAcadamy of Sciences of the United States of America vol 74 no12 pp 5463ndash5467 1977
[23] Q-Z Lou M Lu and J-H Sun ldquoYeast Diversity Associatedwith Invasive Dendroctonus valens Killing Pinus tabuliformisin China Using Culturing and Molecular Methodsrdquo MicrobialEcology vol 68 no 2 pp 397ndash415 2014
[24] J D Thompson D G Higgins and T J Gibson ldquoCLUSTALW improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple sequencealignment through sequence weighting position-specific gappenalties and weightmatrix choicerdquoNucleic Acids Research vol22 no 22 pp 4673ndash4680 1994
[25] A Walkley ldquoA critical examination of a rapid method fordetermining organic carbon in soilsmdasheffect of variations indigestion conditions and of inorganic soil constituentsrdquo SoilScience vol 63 no 4 pp 251ndash264 1947
[26] Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) OfficialMethods of Analysis S Williams Ed Association of OfficialAnalytical Chemists 15th edition 2005
[27] C A Lang ldquoSimple Microdetermination of Kjeldahl Nitrogenin Biological MaterialsrdquoAnalytical Chemistry vol 30 no 10 pp1692ndash1694 1958
[28] G L Miller ldquoUse of dinitrosalicylic acid reagent for determina-tion of reducing sugarrdquo Analytical Chemistry vol 31 no 3 pp426ndash428 1959
[29] S J Romero-Gomez C Augur and G Viniegra-GonzalezldquoInvertase production by Aspergillus niger in submerged andsolid-state fermentationrdquo Biotechnology Letters vol 22 no 15pp 1255ndash1258 2000
[30] F M Poonawalla K L Patel and M R Iyengar ldquoInvertaseproduction by Penicillium chrysogenum and other fungi insubmerged fermentationrdquo Journal of Applied Microbiology vol13 no 5 pp 749ndash754 1965
[31] S I Mussatto M B Prata L R Rodrigues and J ATeixeira ldquoProduction of fructooligosaccharides and 120573-fructofuranosidase by batch and repeated batch fermentationwith immobilized cells of Penicillium expansumrdquo EuropeanFood Research and Technology vol 235 no 1 pp 13ndash22 2012
[32] C Jiang J Shi Y Cheng and Y Liu ldquoEffect of Aspergilluscarbonarius amounts on winemaking and ochratoxin A con-taminationrdquo Food Control vol 40 no 1 pp 85ndash92 2014
[33] I K Lappa S Mparampouti B Lanza and E Z PanagouldquoControl of Aspergillus carbonarius in grape berries by Lac-tobacillus plantarum A phenotypic and gene transcriptionstudyrdquo International Journal of Food Microbiology vol 275 pp56ndash65 2018
[34] L Freire T M Guerreiro E T Carames et al ldquoInfluence ofmaturation stages in different varieties of wine grapes (Vitisvinifera) on the production of ochratoxin a and its modifiedforms by Aspergillus carbonarius and Aspergillus nigerrdquo Journalof Agricultural and Food Chemistry vol 66 no 33 pp 8824ndash8831 2018
[35] R P de Vries and J Visser ldquoAspergillus enzymes involved indegradation of plant cell wall polysaccharidesrdquo MicrobiologyandMolecular Biology Reviews vol 65 no 4 pp 497ndash522 2001
[36] N Anjana Devi and A G Appu Rao ldquoFractionation purifi-cation and preliminary characterization of polygalacturonasesproduced by Aspergillus carbonariusrdquo Enzyme and MicrobialTechnology vol 18 no 1 pp 59ndash65 1996
[37] E Nakkeeran S Umesh-Kumar and R Subramanian ldquoAs-pergillus carbonarius polygalacturonases purified by integratedmembrane process and affinity precipitation for apple juiceproductionrdquo Bioresource Technology vol 102 no 3 pp 3293ndash3297 2011
[38] S A Singh M Ramakrishna and A G Appu Rao ldquoOptimisa-tion of downstream processing parameters for the recovery ofpectinase from the fermented bran of Aspergillus carbonariusrdquoProcess Biochemistry vol 35 no 3-4 pp 411ndash417 1999
[39] T Kiss and L Kiss ldquoPurification and characterization of anextracellular 120573-D-xylosidase from Aspergillus carbonariusrdquoWorld Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology vol 16 no 5pp 465ndash470 2000
[40] S T de Rezende and C R Felix ldquoRaffinose-hydrolyzing activityofAspergillus fumigatusrdquo Biotechnology Letters vol 19 no 3 pp217ndash220 1997
[41] M H Vainstein and J F Peberdy ldquoRegulation of invertase inAspergillus nidulans Effect of different carbon sourcesrdquo Journalof General Microbiology vol 137 no 2 pp 315ndash321 1991
[42] L H S Guimaraes A F Somera H F TerenziM D L T DMPolizeli and J A Jorge ldquoProduction of 120573-fructofuranosidasesby Aspergillus niveus using agroindustrial residues as carbonsources Characterization of an intracellular enzyme accumu-lated in the presence of glucoserdquo Process Biochemistry vol 44no 2 pp 237ndash241 2009
[43] J N Alves J A Jorge and L H Guimaraes ldquoProduction ofInvertases by Anamorphic (Aspergillus nidulans) and Teleo-morphic (Emericela nidulans) Fungi under Submerged Fer-mentation Using Rye Flour as Carbon Sourcerdquo Advances inMicrobiology vol 03 no 05 pp 421ndash429 2013
[44] A C P Alegre M D L T D M Polizeli H F Terenzi JA Jorge and L H S Guimaraes ldquoProduction of thermostableinvertases by Aspergillus caespitosus under submerged or solidstate fermentation using agroindustrial residues as carbonsourcerdquoBrazilian Journal ofMicrobiology vol 40 no 3 pp 612ndash622 2009
[45] L R D S Moreira G V Ferreira S S T Santos A P SRibeiro F G Siqueira and E X F Filho ldquoThe hydrolysis ofagro-industrial residues by holocellulose-degrading enzymesrdquoBrazilian Journal of Microbiology vol 43 no 2 pp 498ndash5052012
[46] J M de Almeida V A de Lima P C G de Lima and AKnob ldquoEffective and Low-Cost Saccharification of PineapplePeel by Trichoderma viride Crude Extract with Enhanced 120573-Glucosidase Activityrdquo Bioenergy Research vol 9 no 3 pp 701ndash710 2016
[47] P Saravanan R Muthuvelayudham and T Viruthagiri ldquoEn-hanced Production of Cellulase from Pineapple Waste byResponse SurfaceMethodologyrdquo Journal of Engineering (UnitedStates) vol 2013 2013
[48] A M Siti Roha S Zainal A Noriham and K Z NadzirahldquoDetermination of sugar content in pineapple waste varietyN36rdquo International Food Research Journal vol 20 no 4 pp1941ndash1943 2013
[49] E Rosales S Rodrıguez Couto and M A Sanroman ldquoIn-creased laccase production by Trametes hirsuta grown ongroundorange peelingsrdquoEnzyme andMicrobial Technology vol40 no 5 pp 1286ndash1290 2007
[50] T Tan M Zhang J Xu and J Zhang ldquoOptimization ofculture conditions and properties of lipase from Penicilliumcamembertii Thom PG-3rdquo Process Biochemistry vol 39 no 11pp 1495ndash1502 2004
Hindawiwwwhindawicom
International Journal of
Volume 2018
Zoology
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Anatomy Research International
PeptidesInternational Journal of
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Journal of Parasitology Research
GenomicsInternational Journal of
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013Hindawiwwwhindawicom
The Scientific World Journal
Volume 2018
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
BioinformaticsAdvances in
Marine BiologyJournal of
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Neuroscience Journal
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
BioMed Research International
Cell BiologyInternational Journal of
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Biochemistry Research International
ArchaeaHindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Genetics Research International
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Advances in
Virolog y Stem Cells International
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Enzyme Research
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
International Journal of
MicrobiologyHindawiwwwhindawicom
Nucleic AcidsJournal of
Volume 2018
Submit your manuscripts atwwwhindawicom
12 The Scientific World Journal
were used as complex carbon sources and the pineapplecrown was a promising substrate for invertase and FTaseproduction Furthermore pineapple crown is firstly related inthis study as carbon source for enzyme production Nitrogensources showed that organic and inorganic sources can beused to both enzymes production though the ammoniumchloride and yeast extract were the best nitrogen sourcesfor invertase production (sim66 UmL) after three days ofcultivation while soybean protein and ammonium nitratewere the best sources for FTase production (sim24 UmL) afterfive days of cultivation Time-course of enzyme productionshowed an increase of 510-fold in the invertase productioncompared to initial experiments (screening of fungi) andFTase production increased 30-fold after 196 h of cultivationcompared to complex carbon sources (1460 UmL) Thisstudy showed that A carbonarius PC-4 is a promising fungalstrain for invertase and FTase production considering cost-benefit conditions and the enzymes produced are suitable forfood and nutraceuticals industries in order to obtain invertedsugar fructose syrups and fructooligosaccharides
Data Availability
The datasets analysed during the current study are notpublicly available due to continuing of the doctoral thesis butare available from the corresponding author on reasonablerequest
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interestregarding the publication of this paper
Acknowledgments
Alex Fernando de Almeida thanks the Federal Universityof Tocantins by Productivity grant (Edital 312015) andCoordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nıvel Supe-rior Brasil (CAPES) for the scholarship awarded to RyharaDias Batista
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[2] O Oyedeji M K Bakare I O Adewale P O Olutiola andO O Omoboye ldquoOptimized production and characterizationof thermostable invertase from Aspergillus niger IBK1 usingpineapple peel as alternate substraterdquo Biocatalysis and Agricul-tural Biotechnology vol 9 pp 218ndash223 2017
[3] F Veana C N Aguilar and R R Herrera ldquoKinetic studies ofinvertase production by xerophilic Aspergillus and Penicilliumstrains under submerged culturerdquo Micologia Aplcada Interna-cional vol 23 no 2 pp 37ndash45 2011
[4] H Nadeem M H Rashid M H Siddique et al ldquoMicrobialinvertases A review on kinetics thermodynamics physio-chemical propertiesrdquo Process Biochemistry vol 50 no 8 pp1202ndash1210 2015
[5] E Akardere B Ozer E B Celem and S Onal ldquoThree-phasepartitioning of invertase from Bakerrsquos yeastrdquo Separation andPurification Technology vol 72 no 3 pp 335ndash339 2010
[6] M Vandakova Z Platkova M Antosova V Bales and MPolakovic ldquoOptimization of cultivation conditions for pro-duction of fructosyltransferase by Aureobasidium pullulansrdquoChemical Papers vol 58 no 1 pp 15ndash22 2004
[7] M A Ganaie U S Gupta and N Kango ldquoScreening of biocat-alysts for transformation of sucrose to fructooligosaccharidesrdquoJournal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic vol 97 pp 12ndash172013
[8] D C Khandekar T Palai A Agarwal and P K BhattacharyaldquoKinetics of sucrose conversion to fructo-oligosaccharidesusing enzyme (invertase) under free conditionrdquo Bioprocess andBiosystems Engineering vol 37 no 12 pp 2529ndash2537 2014
[9] L LrsquoHocine Z Wang B Jiang and S Xu ldquoPurification andpartial characterization of fructosyltransferase and invertasefrom Aspergillus niger AS0023rdquo Journal of Biotechnology vol81 no 1 pp 73ndash84 2000
[10] M C Rubio and A R Navarro ldquoRegulation of invertase syn-thesis in Aspergillus nigerrdquo Enzyme and Microbial Technologyvol 39 no 4 pp 601ndash606 2006
[11] C Uma D Gomathi CMuthulakshmi and V K Gopalakrish-nan ldquoProduction purification and characterizationof invertaseby Aspergillus flavus using fruit peel waste as substraterdquoAdvances in Biological Research vol 4 no 1 pp 31ndash36 2010
[12] L H S Guimaraes H F Terenzi M D L T D M Polizeli andJ A Jorge ldquoProduction and characterization of a thermostableextracellular 120573-d-fructofuranosidase produced by Aspergillusochraceus with agroindustrial residues as carbon sourcesrdquoEnzyme andMicrobial Technology vol 42 no 1 pp 52ndash57 2007
[13] D De Freitas Borghi R Guirardello and L C Filho ldquoStoragelogistics of fruits and vegetables Effect of temperaturerdquoChem-ical Engineering Transactions vol 17 pp 951ndash956 2009
[14] M A Giraldo T M da Silva F Salvato H F Terenzi J AJorge and L H S Guimaraes ldquoThermostable invertases fromPaecylomyces variotii produced under submerged and solid-state fermentation using agroindustrial residuesrdquoWorld Journalof Microbiology and Biotechnology vol 28 no 2 pp 463ndash4722012
[15] A Castellani ldquoMaintenace and cultivation of the commonpathogenic fungi of man in sterile distilled waterrdquo Journal ofTropical Medicine Hygine vol 70 pp 181ndash184 1967
[16] C R Benjamin K B Raper and D I Fennell The GenusAspergillus vol 58 Robert Erieger Publishing CompanyHuntimgton New York NY USA 1977
[17] K A Seifert ldquoCompendium of Soil Fungi - by KH DomschW Gams amp T-H Andersonrdquo European Journal of Soil Science2009
[18] J I Pitt The Genus Penicillium Academic Press London UK1979
[19] H J Vogel ldquoA convenient growth medium for Neurospora(Medium N)rdquo Microbial Genetics Bulletin vol 13 pp 42-431956
[20] M A Innis D H Gelfand J J Snlnsky and T J White PCRprotocols a guide to methods and applications Academic PressNew York NY USA 1990
The Scientific World Journal 13
[21] J Sambrook P Maccallum and D RusselMolecular cloning alaboratory manual Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press USA
[22] F Sanger S Nicklen and A R Coulson ldquoDNA sequencingwith chain-terminating inhibitorsrdquo Proceedings of the NationalAcadamy of Sciences of the United States of America vol 74 no12 pp 5463ndash5467 1977
[23] Q-Z Lou M Lu and J-H Sun ldquoYeast Diversity Associatedwith Invasive Dendroctonus valens Killing Pinus tabuliformisin China Using Culturing and Molecular Methodsrdquo MicrobialEcology vol 68 no 2 pp 397ndash415 2014
[24] J D Thompson D G Higgins and T J Gibson ldquoCLUSTALW improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple sequencealignment through sequence weighting position-specific gappenalties and weightmatrix choicerdquoNucleic Acids Research vol22 no 22 pp 4673ndash4680 1994
[25] A Walkley ldquoA critical examination of a rapid method fordetermining organic carbon in soilsmdasheffect of variations indigestion conditions and of inorganic soil constituentsrdquo SoilScience vol 63 no 4 pp 251ndash264 1947
[26] Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) OfficialMethods of Analysis S Williams Ed Association of OfficialAnalytical Chemists 15th edition 2005
[27] C A Lang ldquoSimple Microdetermination of Kjeldahl Nitrogenin Biological MaterialsrdquoAnalytical Chemistry vol 30 no 10 pp1692ndash1694 1958
[28] G L Miller ldquoUse of dinitrosalicylic acid reagent for determina-tion of reducing sugarrdquo Analytical Chemistry vol 31 no 3 pp426ndash428 1959
[29] S J Romero-Gomez C Augur and G Viniegra-GonzalezldquoInvertase production by Aspergillus niger in submerged andsolid-state fermentationrdquo Biotechnology Letters vol 22 no 15pp 1255ndash1258 2000
[30] F M Poonawalla K L Patel and M R Iyengar ldquoInvertaseproduction by Penicillium chrysogenum and other fungi insubmerged fermentationrdquo Journal of Applied Microbiology vol13 no 5 pp 749ndash754 1965
[31] S I Mussatto M B Prata L R Rodrigues and J ATeixeira ldquoProduction of fructooligosaccharides and 120573-fructofuranosidase by batch and repeated batch fermentationwith immobilized cells of Penicillium expansumrdquo EuropeanFood Research and Technology vol 235 no 1 pp 13ndash22 2012
[32] C Jiang J Shi Y Cheng and Y Liu ldquoEffect of Aspergilluscarbonarius amounts on winemaking and ochratoxin A con-taminationrdquo Food Control vol 40 no 1 pp 85ndash92 2014
[33] I K Lappa S Mparampouti B Lanza and E Z PanagouldquoControl of Aspergillus carbonarius in grape berries by Lac-tobacillus plantarum A phenotypic and gene transcriptionstudyrdquo International Journal of Food Microbiology vol 275 pp56ndash65 2018
[34] L Freire T M Guerreiro E T Carames et al ldquoInfluence ofmaturation stages in different varieties of wine grapes (Vitisvinifera) on the production of ochratoxin a and its modifiedforms by Aspergillus carbonarius and Aspergillus nigerrdquo Journalof Agricultural and Food Chemistry vol 66 no 33 pp 8824ndash8831 2018
[35] R P de Vries and J Visser ldquoAspergillus enzymes involved indegradation of plant cell wall polysaccharidesrdquo MicrobiologyandMolecular Biology Reviews vol 65 no 4 pp 497ndash522 2001
[36] N Anjana Devi and A G Appu Rao ldquoFractionation purifi-cation and preliminary characterization of polygalacturonasesproduced by Aspergillus carbonariusrdquo Enzyme and MicrobialTechnology vol 18 no 1 pp 59ndash65 1996
[37] E Nakkeeran S Umesh-Kumar and R Subramanian ldquoAs-pergillus carbonarius polygalacturonases purified by integratedmembrane process and affinity precipitation for apple juiceproductionrdquo Bioresource Technology vol 102 no 3 pp 3293ndash3297 2011
[38] S A Singh M Ramakrishna and A G Appu Rao ldquoOptimisa-tion of downstream processing parameters for the recovery ofpectinase from the fermented bran of Aspergillus carbonariusrdquoProcess Biochemistry vol 35 no 3-4 pp 411ndash417 1999
[39] T Kiss and L Kiss ldquoPurification and characterization of anextracellular 120573-D-xylosidase from Aspergillus carbonariusrdquoWorld Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology vol 16 no 5pp 465ndash470 2000
[40] S T de Rezende and C R Felix ldquoRaffinose-hydrolyzing activityofAspergillus fumigatusrdquo Biotechnology Letters vol 19 no 3 pp217ndash220 1997
[41] M H Vainstein and J F Peberdy ldquoRegulation of invertase inAspergillus nidulans Effect of different carbon sourcesrdquo Journalof General Microbiology vol 137 no 2 pp 315ndash321 1991
[42] L H S Guimaraes A F Somera H F TerenziM D L T DMPolizeli and J A Jorge ldquoProduction of 120573-fructofuranosidasesby Aspergillus niveus using agroindustrial residues as carbonsources Characterization of an intracellular enzyme accumu-lated in the presence of glucoserdquo Process Biochemistry vol 44no 2 pp 237ndash241 2009
[43] J N Alves J A Jorge and L H Guimaraes ldquoProduction ofInvertases by Anamorphic (Aspergillus nidulans) and Teleo-morphic (Emericela nidulans) Fungi under Submerged Fer-mentation Using Rye Flour as Carbon Sourcerdquo Advances inMicrobiology vol 03 no 05 pp 421ndash429 2013
[44] A C P Alegre M D L T D M Polizeli H F Terenzi JA Jorge and L H S Guimaraes ldquoProduction of thermostableinvertases by Aspergillus caespitosus under submerged or solidstate fermentation using agroindustrial residues as carbonsourcerdquoBrazilian Journal ofMicrobiology vol 40 no 3 pp 612ndash622 2009
[45] L R D S Moreira G V Ferreira S S T Santos A P SRibeiro F G Siqueira and E X F Filho ldquoThe hydrolysis ofagro-industrial residues by holocellulose-degrading enzymesrdquoBrazilian Journal of Microbiology vol 43 no 2 pp 498ndash5052012
[46] J M de Almeida V A de Lima P C G de Lima and AKnob ldquoEffective and Low-Cost Saccharification of PineapplePeel by Trichoderma viride Crude Extract with Enhanced 120573-Glucosidase Activityrdquo Bioenergy Research vol 9 no 3 pp 701ndash710 2016
[47] P Saravanan R Muthuvelayudham and T Viruthagiri ldquoEn-hanced Production of Cellulase from Pineapple Waste byResponse SurfaceMethodologyrdquo Journal of Engineering (UnitedStates) vol 2013 2013
[48] A M Siti Roha S Zainal A Noriham and K Z NadzirahldquoDetermination of sugar content in pineapple waste varietyN36rdquo International Food Research Journal vol 20 no 4 pp1941ndash1943 2013
[49] E Rosales S Rodrıguez Couto and M A Sanroman ldquoIn-creased laccase production by Trametes hirsuta grown ongroundorange peelingsrdquoEnzyme andMicrobial Technology vol40 no 5 pp 1286ndash1290 2007
[50] T Tan M Zhang J Xu and J Zhang ldquoOptimization ofculture conditions and properties of lipase from Penicilliumcamembertii Thom PG-3rdquo Process Biochemistry vol 39 no 11pp 1495ndash1502 2004
Hindawiwwwhindawicom
International Journal of
Volume 2018
Zoology
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Anatomy Research International
PeptidesInternational Journal of
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Journal of Parasitology Research
GenomicsInternational Journal of
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Hindawi Publishing Corporation httpwwwhindawicom Volume 2013Hindawiwwwhindawicom
The Scientific World Journal
Volume 2018
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
BioinformaticsAdvances in
Marine BiologyJournal of
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Neuroscience Journal
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
BioMed Research International
Cell BiologyInternational Journal of
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Biochemistry Research International
ArchaeaHindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Genetics Research International
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Advances in
Virolog y Stem Cells International
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
Enzyme Research
Hindawiwwwhindawicom Volume 2018
International Journal of
MicrobiologyHindawiwwwhindawicom
Nucleic AcidsJournal of
Volume 2018
Submit your manuscripts atwwwhindawicom
The Scientific World Journal 13
[21] J Sambrook P Maccallum and D RusselMolecular cloning alaboratory manual Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press USA
[22] F Sanger S Nicklen and A R Coulson ldquoDNA sequencingwith chain-terminating inhibitorsrdquo Proceedings of the NationalAcadamy of Sciences of the United States of America vol 74 no12 pp 5463ndash5467 1977
[23] Q-Z Lou M Lu and J-H Sun ldquoYeast Diversity Associatedwith Invasive Dendroctonus valens Killing Pinus tabuliformisin China Using Culturing and Molecular Methodsrdquo MicrobialEcology vol 68 no 2 pp 397ndash415 2014
[24] J D Thompson D G Higgins and T J Gibson ldquoCLUSTALW improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple sequencealignment through sequence weighting position-specific gappenalties and weightmatrix choicerdquoNucleic Acids Research vol22 no 22 pp 4673ndash4680 1994
[25] A Walkley ldquoA critical examination of a rapid method fordetermining organic carbon in soilsmdasheffect of variations indigestion conditions and of inorganic soil constituentsrdquo SoilScience vol 63 no 4 pp 251ndash264 1947
[26] Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) OfficialMethods of Analysis S Williams Ed Association of OfficialAnalytical Chemists 15th edition 2005
[27] C A Lang ldquoSimple Microdetermination of Kjeldahl Nitrogenin Biological MaterialsrdquoAnalytical Chemistry vol 30 no 10 pp1692ndash1694 1958
[28] G L Miller ldquoUse of dinitrosalicylic acid reagent for determina-tion of reducing sugarrdquo Analytical Chemistry vol 31 no 3 pp426ndash428 1959
[29] S J Romero-Gomez C Augur and G Viniegra-GonzalezldquoInvertase production by Aspergillus niger in submerged andsolid-state fermentationrdquo Biotechnology Letters vol 22 no 15pp 1255ndash1258 2000
[30] F M Poonawalla K L Patel and M R Iyengar ldquoInvertaseproduction by Penicillium chrysogenum and other fungi insubmerged fermentationrdquo Journal of Applied Microbiology vol13 no 5 pp 749ndash754 1965
[31] S I Mussatto M B Prata L R Rodrigues and J ATeixeira ldquoProduction of fructooligosaccharides and 120573-fructofuranosidase by batch and repeated batch fermentationwith immobilized cells of Penicillium expansumrdquo EuropeanFood Research and Technology vol 235 no 1 pp 13ndash22 2012
[32] C Jiang J Shi Y Cheng and Y Liu ldquoEffect of Aspergilluscarbonarius amounts on winemaking and ochratoxin A con-taminationrdquo Food Control vol 40 no 1 pp 85ndash92 2014
[33] I K Lappa S Mparampouti B Lanza and E Z PanagouldquoControl of Aspergillus carbonarius in grape berries by Lac-tobacillus plantarum A phenotypic and gene transcriptionstudyrdquo International Journal of Food Microbiology vol 275 pp56ndash65 2018
[34] L Freire T M Guerreiro E T Carames et al ldquoInfluence ofmaturation stages in different varieties of wine grapes (Vitisvinifera) on the production of ochratoxin a and its modifiedforms by Aspergillus carbonarius and Aspergillus nigerrdquo Journalof Agricultural and Food Chemistry vol 66 no 33 pp 8824ndash8831 2018
[35] R P de Vries and J Visser ldquoAspergillus enzymes involved indegradation of plant cell wall polysaccharidesrdquo MicrobiologyandMolecular Biology Reviews vol 65 no 4 pp 497ndash522 2001
[36] N Anjana Devi and A G Appu Rao ldquoFractionation purifi-cation and preliminary characterization of polygalacturonasesproduced by Aspergillus carbonariusrdquo Enzyme and MicrobialTechnology vol 18 no 1 pp 59ndash65 1996
[37] E Nakkeeran S Umesh-Kumar and R Subramanian ldquoAs-pergillus carbonarius polygalacturonases purified by integratedmembrane process and affinity precipitation for apple juiceproductionrdquo Bioresource Technology vol 102 no 3 pp 3293ndash3297 2011
[38] S A Singh M Ramakrishna and A G Appu Rao ldquoOptimisa-tion of downstream processing parameters for the recovery ofpectinase from the fermented bran of Aspergillus carbonariusrdquoProcess Biochemistry vol 35 no 3-4 pp 411ndash417 1999
[39] T Kiss and L Kiss ldquoPurification and characterization of anextracellular 120573-D-xylosidase from Aspergillus carbonariusrdquoWorld Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology vol 16 no 5pp 465ndash470 2000
[40] S T de Rezende and C R Felix ldquoRaffinose-hydrolyzing activityofAspergillus fumigatusrdquo Biotechnology Letters vol 19 no 3 pp217ndash220 1997
[41] M H Vainstein and J F Peberdy ldquoRegulation of invertase inAspergillus nidulans Effect of different carbon sourcesrdquo Journalof General Microbiology vol 137 no 2 pp 315ndash321 1991
[42] L H S Guimaraes A F Somera H F TerenziM D L T DMPolizeli and J A Jorge ldquoProduction of 120573-fructofuranosidasesby Aspergillus niveus using agroindustrial residues as carbonsources Characterization of an intracellular enzyme accumu-lated in the presence of glucoserdquo Process Biochemistry vol 44no 2 pp 237ndash241 2009
[43] J N Alves J A Jorge and L H Guimaraes ldquoProduction ofInvertases by Anamorphic (Aspergillus nidulans) and Teleo-morphic (Emericela nidulans) Fungi under Submerged Fer-mentation Using Rye Flour as Carbon Sourcerdquo Advances inMicrobiology vol 03 no 05 pp 421ndash429 2013
[44] A C P Alegre M D L T D M Polizeli H F Terenzi JA Jorge and L H S Guimaraes ldquoProduction of thermostableinvertases by Aspergillus caespitosus under submerged or solidstate fermentation using agroindustrial residues as carbonsourcerdquoBrazilian Journal ofMicrobiology vol 40 no 3 pp 612ndash622 2009
[45] L R D S Moreira G V Ferreira S S T Santos A P SRibeiro F G Siqueira and E X F Filho ldquoThe hydrolysis ofagro-industrial residues by holocellulose-degrading enzymesrdquoBrazilian Journal of Microbiology vol 43 no 2 pp 498ndash5052012
[46] J M de Almeida V A de Lima P C G de Lima and AKnob ldquoEffective and Low-Cost Saccharification of PineapplePeel by Trichoderma viride Crude Extract with Enhanced 120573-Glucosidase Activityrdquo Bioenergy Research vol 9 no 3 pp 701ndash710 2016
[47] P Saravanan R Muthuvelayudham and T Viruthagiri ldquoEn-hanced Production of Cellulase from Pineapple Waste byResponse SurfaceMethodologyrdquo Journal of Engineering (UnitedStates) vol 2013 2013
[48] A M Siti Roha S Zainal A Noriham and K Z NadzirahldquoDetermination of sugar content in pineapple waste varietyN36rdquo International Food Research Journal vol 20 no 4 pp1941ndash1943 2013
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