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WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 33, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-016-2177-2
Keywords
Biodegradation; Chrysosporium sp.; Keratinolytic activity; Keratin waste; Mineral products of keratinolysis
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- Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland
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This paper assesses the ability of strains of Aphanoascus fulvescens and Chrysosporium articulatum isolated from soil (phaesol) to degrade native feather keratin. Strains were identified based on phenotypic traits and nucleotide sequencing. Response Surface Methodology was used to optimize cultivation conditions exhibiting the highest keratinolytic activity. The experiments were based on Box-Behnken designs for the loss of substrate mass (chicken feathers). While substrate mass loss is an economic coefficient that reliably indicates feather keratin degradation, it has not been studied before. Stationary liquid cultures of five selected strains were conducted in laboratory conditions at 28 degrees C using poultry feathers (1 g) as the sole source of carbon, nitrogen and energy. Enzymatic activities, keratin mineralization products and substrate mass loss were determined periodically. The mineralization of keratin proteins by strains yielded a high number of ammonium ions alkalinizing the medium. Increased ammonium ions inhibited the activity of caseinian protease and keratinase. A decrease in the concentration of these ions induced proteolytic enzymes, chiefly the activity of keratinase, at the end of fungal cultivation. Keratinase activity was related to protein-and peptide release and that of caseinian protease to sulfate ions. The highest loss of substrate mass in comparison to the reference strain CBS104.62 (35.4%) was recorded for Aphanoascus fulvescens B21/4-5 (65.9%). Based on a Box-Behnken design, the maximum loss of substrate mass for the Aphanoascus fulvescens strain (71.08%) can be achieved at pH 7.58 and temperature 28.7 degrees C.
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