Post-treatment of Fungal Biomass to Enhance Pigment Production

Gmoser, Rebecca,1990-Högskolan i Borås,Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi (author)

A new post-treatment method of fungal biomass after fermentation is revealed. The post-treatment strategy was utilized to produce pigments as an additional valuable metabolite. Post-treatment included incubation at 95% relative humidity where the effects of harvesting time, light, and temperature were studied. Pigment-producing edible filamentous fungus Neurospora intermedia cultivated on ethanol plant residuals produced 4 g/L ethanol and 5 g/L fungal biomass. Harvesting the pale biomass after 48 h submerged cultivation compared to 24 h or 72 h increased pigmentation in the post-treatment step with 35% and 48%, respectively. The highest pigment content produced, 1.4 mg/g dry fungal biomass, was obtained from washed biomass treated in light at 35 °C whereof the major impact on pigmentation was from washed biomass. Moreover, post-treated biomass contained 50% (w/w) crude protein. The post-treatment strategy successfully adds pigments to pre-obtained biomass. The pigmented fungal biomass can be considered for animal feed applications for domestic animals.

Ferreira, JorgeHögskolan i Borås,Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi(Swepub:hb)jofe (author)
Taherzadeh, Mohammad J,1965-Högskolan i Borås,Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi(Swepub:hb)MJT (author)
Lennartsson, Patrik R.,1983-Högskolan i Borås,Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi(Swepub:hb)pat (author)
Högskolan i BoråsAkademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi (creator_code:org_t)

In:Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology: Springer Science and Business Media LLC0273-22891559-0291

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