Research Article
Kojic Acid Production from Agro-Industrial By-Products Using Fungi
Table 1
Production of kojic acid by different isolates belonging to various species and varieties of Aspergillus and their teleomorph.
| | Organisms | Code number | Total isolates tested | −ve isolates | +ve isolates | | Low* | Moderate** | High*** |
| | Subgenus: circumdati | | | | | | | | Section: candidi | | | | | | | | A. Candidus Link | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | | Section: circumdati | | | | | | | | A. melleus Yukowa | 78–80 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | | A. Ochraceus Wilhelm | 100–113 | 14 | 14 | — | — | — | | A. sclerotiorum Hoper | 121 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | | A. Sulphureus (Fres.) Thom and Church | 122, 123 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | | Section: Flavi | | | | | | | | A. flavus Link | 4–32 | 29 | 23 | 3 | — | 3 | | A. flavus var. columnaris Raper and Fennell | 36–63 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | A. Oryzae (Ahlburg) Cohn | 115, 116 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | | A. Parasiticus Spear | 117, 118 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | | A. tamarii Kita | 129, 130 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | | Section: Nigri | | | | | | | | A. aculeatus Lizuka | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | | A. niger van Tieghem | 81–99 | 19 | 19 | — | — | — | | A. phoenicis (Cda.) Thom | 119, 120 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | | Section: wentii | | | | | | | | A. wentii Wehmer | 144–146 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | | Subgenus: fumigati | | | | | | | | Section: Fumigati | | | | | | | | A. fumigatus Fresenius | 64–75 | 12 | 12 | — | — | — | | Subgenus: Nidulantes | | | | | | | | Section: Flavipedes | | | | | | | | A. flavipes (Bain. and Sart) Thom and Church | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | | Section: Terii | | | | | | | | A. terreus Thom | 131–139 | 9 | 8 | — | 1 | — | | Section: Versicolores | | | | | | | | A. Janus Raper and Thom | 77 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | | A. sydowii (Bain. and Sart) Thom and Church | 124–127 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | | A. versicolor (Vuill.) Tiraboschi | 143 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| | Emericella nidulans (Eidam) Vuillemin | 147–150 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | | Eurotium amstelodami Mangin | 151 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 5 |
| | Total | — | 142 | 122 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
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Less than 5 g/L medium kojic acid.
**5–15 g/L medium kojic acid.
***More than 5 g/L medium kojic acid.
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