1Research Scholar, Department of Microbiology, School of Life Science, Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Amp; Advanced Studies, Chennai-600 117, Tamilnadu, India
2Department of Microbiology, School of Life Science, Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Amp; Advanced Studies, Chennai-600 117, Tamilnadu, India
3Department of Biotechnology, School of Bio and Chemical Engineering, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai-600 119, Tamilnadu, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: preethynaren@gmail.com
Online published on 12 June, 2018.
Solid state fermentation (SSF) is a green process to produce enzymes from fungi. Different substrates such as rice husk, paddy straw, sugarcane bagasse and wheat husk taken from top soil were used to produce laccase by Pleurotus ostreatus strain PKN 04. The process of SSF was characterized by FTIR. Microbial fermentation resulted in conversion of complex polymeric lignocelluloses substrates into simpler monomers. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) analyses of metabolites confirmed the breakdown and complete degradation of lignin, cellulose and polysaccharides at different fermentation time intervals of 0, 15 and 30 days.
Pleurotus ostreatus strain PKN 04, SSF, FT-IR
