STUDIES ON PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF TANNASE (TANNIN ACYL HYDROLASE)
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2015
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Penicillium crustosum AN3 isolated from apple orchard soil is the first report from Penicillium genera
to produce maximum tannase which is an important industrial enzyme used in biodegradation and food industry.
A total of eleven fungal isolates were obtained from apple orchard soil, pine forest soil and botanical garden
soil, respectively. Out of these eleven isolates five isolates viz., three isolates from apple orchard soil, one
isolate from botanical garden soil and one isolate from pine forest soil were showed zone of degradation on
Czapdox minimal medium supplemented with 0.5% tannic acid confirming tannase activity. These isolates were
rescreened qualitatively for maximum tannase production in submerged fermentation isolate A3 exhibited
maximum tannase activity of 2.48Uml-1. Molecular characterization of these isolates was carried out using 18S
rrna gene technology and in silico analysis of 18S rrna gene sequences lead to identification of these fungal
isolates as Fusarium redolens AN1, Aspergillus fumigatus AN2, Penicillium crustosum AN3, P.restrictum AN4
and P. commune AN5. Tannase producing bacterial isolates were also obtained on nutrient agar (NA) medium
supplemented with 0.5% tannic acid. A total of four bacterial isolates from tea garden soil, pine forest soil,
ruminial fluid and sheep excreta were screened on the basis of their ability to utilize tannic acid and were
characterized morphologically, biochemically and for tannase activity leads to identification as Klebsiella sp,
Enterobacter sp, Staphylococcus sp and E.coli respectively. Molecular characterization two bacterial isolates
was carried out using 16S rrna gene technology and in silico analysis of 16S rrna gene sequences lead to
confirmation of these isolates as Klebsiella variicola AN1 and Enterobacter hormaechei AN2.
Penicillium crustosum AN3 produced maximum tannase (2.45Uml-1) in submerged fermentation was
selected for tannase production in SSF. The enzyme was partially purified from culture extract of enzyme.
Cultural conditions and process parameters i.e. type of substrate, incubation time, temperature, initial pH,
moisture level, substrate concentration, tannic acid concentration, carbon sources, peptone, yeast extract, urea,
NH4NO3 were optimized using one factor at a time approach and activity obtained was 39.5Ug-1. Further
optimization was carried out using central composite design following response surface methodology with three
independent variables which resulted in increased in tannase production to 55.55 Ug-1. The enzyme was partially
purified by acetone precipitation and gel filteration chromatography which showed 46.48 yield with 3.94 fold
purification and had a molecular mass of 205kDa. Gallic acid the hydrolytic product in crude enzyme was
detected by TLC, FTIR and HPLC using gallic acid as standard. Crude enzyme obtained was studied for its
ability in pine needle degradation, tea colour decolourization, dye decolourization and removal of apple
browning
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organic acids, productivity, fungi, acidity, enzymes, fermentation, poultry equipment, bacteria, genes, extraction, tannase (Tannin acyl hydrolase)’’,production