Strain improvement of Aspergillus niger for the enhanced production of asperenone

• Published in: Indian journal of microbiology Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 274 - 278
• Main Authors: Chidananda, C., Kumar, C. Mohan, Sattur, A. P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Springer-Verlag 01-06-2008; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Life Sciences; Medical Microbiology; Microbiology; Mutants; Original; Original Article; Asperenone; UV irradiation; Mutagenesis; Nitrous acid; Aspergillus niger
• ISSN: 0046-8991; 0973-7715
• DOI: 10.1007/s12088-008-0026-1

The enhancement of production of asperenone (Fig. 1), an inhibitor of lipoxygenase and human platelet aggregation from
Aspergillus niger
CFTRI 1105, was achieved by UV and nitrous acid mutagenesis. Nitrous acid mutants exhibited increased inhibitor production when compared with UV irradiated mutants. I N 41 a first-generation nitrous acid mutant produced 5.1 fold increased asperenone over parent strain. Mutant II N 31 obtained by second-generation nitrous acid treatment produced 60.3 mg asperenone/g biomass, which was 131 fold increase when compared to first generated mutant I N 41 and 670 fold increase over the parent strain. This mutant was stable for several generations on production medium.