Authors
Ellaiah P
Prabhakar T
Ramakrishna B
Thaer Taleb A
and Adinarayana K
Pages From
151
Pages To
153
ISSN
00468991
Journal Name
Indian Journal of Microbiology
Volume
42
Issue
2
Keywords
Aspergillus niger, Lipase, NTG, UV
Abstract
An indigenous strain of Aspergillus niger AU15 which produced lipase constitutively was used to produce mutants using ultraviolet and N-methyl-N-nitro-N-nitosoguanidine. A mutant strain with lipase productivity of 2-fold higher was obtained. Optimization studies were also carried out. Dextrose as carbon source, peptone and cornsteep liquor as nitrogen source were found to be optimal for maximum lipase production.