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Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy
Vol. 6 (2) 145-165 April 2012, ISSN 0973-8916 (Print), 2230-7303 (Online)
such as gallotannins, ellagitannins and
condensed tannins present in muscadine
grapes.
Production of Tannases : Tannases are
conventionally produced mainly from
microorganisms because of high yield and easy
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mode of cultivation in comparison to plant and
animal sources (Table 1). Filamentous fungi of
the Aspergillus genus have been widely used for
tannase production (39). Aspergillus can tolerate
tannic acid concentrations as high as 20% (w/v)
with reasonable yields. Depending on the strain
and the culture conditions, the enzymes can be
Table 1. Various sources and mode of cultivation of tannases
Sources of tannases
Yeast
Mode of
cultivation
References
Arxula adeninivorans SmF Boer et al. (27)
Candida sp. SmF Aoki et al. (41)
Candida utilis SmF Shi et al. (42)
Debaryomyces hansenii, Pichia sp. SmF Deschamps et al. (43)
Mycotorula japonica SmF Belmares et al. (26)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae SmF Zhong et al. (29)
Filamentous fungi
Aspergillus aculeatus SmF, SSF Banerjee et al. (44)
Aspergillus niger SSF Sabu et al. (2, 45)
Aspergillus aureus, Aspergillus fischeri,
Aspergillus terreus, Aureobasidium pullulans SmF Bajpai and Patil (46)
Aspergillus awamori SmF Beena et al. (47)
Aspergillus candidus SmF Murugan and Al-Sohaibani (48)
Aspergillus ficuum SmF Lu and Chen (49)
Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus sojae,
Aspergillus usamii, Aspergillus ustus,
Penicillium expansum, Penicillium javanicum,
Penicillium oxalicum Yamada et al. (50)
Aspergillus foetidus SmF Naidu et al. (51)
Aspergillus caespitosum, Aspergillus
alliaceus, Aspergillus fumigates, Aspergillus
versicolor, Penicillium crustosum, Penicillium
restrictum, Penicillium variable SmF Batra and Saxena (52)
Aspergillus gallomyces , Mucor sp. SmF Belmares et al. (26)
Aspergillus heteromorphus SmF Chhokar et al. (11)
Aspergillus japonicas, Aspergillus oryzae
Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus rugulosus,
Cunnighamella sp., Fusarium oxysporium,
Fusarium solani, Heliocostylum sp.,
Neurospora crassa, Penicillium acrellanum,
Penicillium carylophilum, Penicillium charlessi,
Penicillium chrysogenum, Penicillium citrinum
Penicillium digitatum, Syncephalastrum racemosum,
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