Lovastatin Production by Aspergillus terreus Using Agro-Biomass as Substrate in Solid State Fermentation
Table 2
Effect of SSF on cellulose and hemicellulose contents of RS and OPF (% of dry mater).
Treatments
A. terreus ATCC 20542
A. terreus ATCC 74135
Cellulose
H-cellulose
Cellulose
H-cellulose
Nonfermented RS
Fermented RS (FRS)
FRS plus mineral
FRS plus mineral and urea
FRS plus mineral and ammonium sulphate
Significant
*
**
**
**
Nonfermented OPF
Fermented OPF (FOPF)
FOPF plus mineral
FOPF plus mineral and urea
FOPF plus mineral and ammonium sulphate
Significant
*
NS
*
NS
NS: not significantly different.
*Significantly different at 5% level.
**Significantly different at 1% level.
a,b,c
indicating that means within column are significantly different.