Research Article

Kojic Acid Production from Agro-Industrial By-Products Using Fungi

Table 3

Production of kojic acid by different isolates belonging to Hyphomycetes and Zygomycetes.

OrganismsCode numberTotal isolates tested−ve isolates+ve isolates
Low*Moderate**High***

Group: Hyphomycetes
 Family: Dematiaceae
  Alternaria alternata (Fries.) Keister239–24133
  Chaetomium globosum Kunze24211
  Pleospora herbarum (Fr.) Robenh. Exces. and De Notaris24711
  Scopulariopsis brevicaulis (Saccardo) Bainier24811
  Stachybotrys chartarum (Ehrenberg) Hughes250, 25122
  Stachybotrys theobromae Hansf.25211
  Torula herbarum (Pres.) Link25411
  Trichoderma hamatum (Bon.) Bain.25511
  T. koningii Oudemans25811
  T. longibrachiatum Rifai25911
  T. polysporum (Link ex pres.) Rifai262, 26322
 Family: Moniliaceae
  Acremonium strictum W. Gams2371
 Family: Tuberculariaceae
  Fusarium aquaeductuum (Radlk. and Rabenh.)26611
  F. chlamydosporum Wollenw. and Reinking267–26933
  F. equiseti (Corda) Saccardo270, 271211
  F. lateritium Nees and Sys.27211
  F. moniliforme Sheldon273–28311101
  F. oxysporum Schlecht284–29512111
  F. proliferatum (Matsushima) Nirenberg29611
  F. solani (Mart.) Saccardo29711
  F. subglutinans (Wollenw. and Reinking) Nelson29811
  F. tricinctum (Corda) Saccardo2991
Group: Zygomycetes
 Family: Mucoraceae
  Cunninghamella echinulata (Thaxter) Thaxt. ex Blakasles315111
  C. elegans Landner316, 31722
  Mucor Circinelliodes van Tieghem319–32133
  M. fuscus Bainier329, 331, 33233
 Family: Syncephalastraceae
  Syncephalastrum racemosum Cohn and Schroter34311

Total605541

Less than 5 g/L medium kojic acid.
**5–15 g/L medium kojic acid.
***More than 5 g/L medium kojic acid.