Production and Catalytic Properties of Amylases from Lichtheimia ramosa and Thermoascus aurantiacus by Solid-State Fermentation

Table 1

Amylase production by solid-state fermentation in several agroindustrial residues after 120 hours of cultivation with 75% moisture at pH 5.0. Average production with different letters indicates significant differences ( < 0.0001) according to Tukey test.

Substrate	Lichtheimia ramosa; (U/g dry substrate)	Thermoascus aurantiacus; (U/g dry substrate)
Sugarcane bagasse	—	3.7 ± 0.0
Corn straw	8.8 ± 0.5	6.2 ± 0.0
Soy bran	10.5 ± 0.3	7.6 ± 0.1
Rice peel	3.9 ± 0.1	4.7 ± 0.1
Corn cob	9.2 ± 0.5	5.2 ± 0.9
Wheat bran	320.7 ± 6.1	44.2 ± 1.0