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Effect of Maltose On Glucoamylase Formation by Aspergillus Niger
Effect of Maltose On Glucoamylase Formation by Aspergillus Niger
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Copyright i 1972 American Society for Microbiology Printed in U.S.A.
Starch hydrolysis in cultures of Aspergillus the carbohydrate moiety of the enzyme is well
niger may result from activity of two hydro- documented (24, 26), and many studies per-
lytic enzymes, namely, a-amvlase [a-D-(1-4)- taining to the effect of carbon and nitrogen
glucan glucanohydrolase, EC 3.2.1.1] or gluco- sources on the amount of glucoamylase pro-