Fungal Biomass Protein Production from Trichoderma harzianum Using Rice Polishing

Table 5

Amino acid profile of biomass by T. harzianum in 75 L fermenter.

S. number	Amino acid	Rice polishings (%)	Biomass% produced in a; 75 L fermenter by T. harzianum	P
1	Aspartic acid			0.0004
2	Threonine			0.0001
3	Serine			0.0001
4	Glutamic acid			0.0001
5	Proline			0.0001
6	Glycine			0.0005
7	Alanine			0.001
8	Valine			0.0001
9	Methionine			ND
10	Isoleucine			0.0001
11	Leucine			0.0001
12	Tyrosine			0.0002
13	Phenylalanine			0.0001
14	Lysine			0.0001
15	Histidine			0.0001
16	Arginine			0.0003

Test samples were hydrolyzed with HCl and analyzed using an automated amino acid analyzer.
ND = not determined; values are mean ± SD of experiments.
Means ± SD followed by different superscripts in each row are significantly different at confidence level using Tukey’s multiple range test.