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Itaconic Acid Production by Filamentous Fungi in Starch-Rich Industrial Residues

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Several fungi and starch-rich industrial residues were screened for itaconic acid (IA) production. Out of 15 strains, only three fungal strains were found to produce IA, which was confirmed by HPLC and GC–MS analysis. These strains were identified as Aspergillus terreus strains C1 and C2, and Ustilago maydis strain C3 by sequencing of 18S rRNA gene and internal transcribed spacer regions. Cis-aconitate decarboxylase (cad) gene, which encodes a key enzyme in IA production in A. terreus, was characterized from strains C1 and C2. C1 and C2 cad gene sequences showed about 96% similarity to the only available GenBank sequence of A. terreus cad gene. 3-D structure and cis-aconitic acid binding pocket of Cad enzyme were predicted by structural modeling. Rice, corn and potato starch wastes were screened for IA production. These materials were enzymatically hydrolyzed under experimentally optimized conditions resulting in the highest glucose production of 230 mg/mL from 20% potato waste. On comparing the production potential of selected strains with different wastes, the best IA production was achieved with strain C1 (255.7 mg/L) using potato waste. Elemental composition as well as batch-to-batch variation in waste substrates were analyzed. The difference in IA production from two different batches of potato waste was found to inversely correlate with their phosphorus content, which indicated that A. terreus produced IA under phosphate limiting condition. The potato waste hydrolysate was deionized to remove inhibitory ions like phosphate, resulting in improved IA production of 4.1 g/L by C1 strain, which is commercially competitive.

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RB thanks the University Grant Commission (UGC), Government of India for award of Senior Research Fellowship (UGC-SRF; reference no. 17-06/2012(i) EU-V). The manuscript represents communication number CSIR-NEERI/KRC/2016/OCT/EBGD/1.

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    Richa Bafana, Sarvanadevi Sivanesan & R. A. Pandey

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Bafana, R., Sivanesan, S. & Pandey, R.A. Itaconic Acid Production by Filamentous Fungi in Starch-Rich Industrial Residues. Indian J Microbiol 57, 322–328 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-017-0661-5

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