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Enzyme production and profile by Aspergillus niger during solid substrate fermentation using palm kernel cake as substrate

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The oil palm sector is one of the major plantation industries in Malaysia. Palm kernel cake is a byproduct of extracted palm kernel oil. Mostly palm kernel cake is wasted or is mixed with other nutrients and used as animal feed, especially for ruminant animals. Recently, palm kernel cake has been identified as an important ingredient for the formulation of animal feed, and it is also exported especially to Europe, South Korea, and Japan. It can barely be consumed by nonruminant (monogastric) animals owing to the high percentages of hemicellulose and cellulose contents. Palm kernel cake must undergo suitable pretreatment in order to decrease the percentage of hemicellulose and cellulose. One of the methods employed in this study is fermentation with microorganisms, particularly fungi, to partially degrade the hemicellulose and cellulose content. This work focused on the production of enzymes by Aspergillus niger and profiling using palm kernel cake as carbon source.

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  1. Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Food Science and Biotechnology, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    L. G. A. Ong, S. Abd-Aziz, M. I. A. Karim & M. A. Hassan

  2. Livestock Research Center, Malaysia Agricultural Research and Development Institute, PO Box 12301, 50774, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    S. Noraini

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Ong, L.G.A., Abd-Aziz, S., Noraini, S. et al. Enzyme production and profile by Aspergillus niger during solid substrate fermentation using palm kernel cake as substrate. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 118, 73–79 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1385/ABAB:118:1-3:073

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