Plant waste hydrolysis by extracellular enzymes of Aspergillus niger and Penicillium chrysogemum: Effect of ammonia pretreatment
Aspergillus niger (ANL301) and Penicillium chrysogenum (PCL 501) cultured in basal media with cellulose as sole carbon source yielded extracellular enzymes which partially hydrolyzed sawdust and sugarcane pulp into simple sugars. Pre-treatment of sawdust by ammonium hydroxide steeping increased the yield of simple sugars. The reducing
sugars released from the pretreated sawdust by the crude...
Published at Nigerian Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Volume 23
Issue 1
Pages 1-7
Shalom Nwodo Chinedu, Yah S. C., Nwinyi O. C., Okochi V. I., Okafor U. A. and Onyegeme-Okerenta B. M.
Chinedu Shalom » Shalom Nwodo Chinedu, a Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, is a faculty in the Department of Biochemistry, College of Science and Technology, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria. Professor Chinedu is a seasoned academic, researcher and University administrator. He has been actively engaged in University education since 1992. He is the immediate past Director of the African... view full profile