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Chitosan produced from Mucorales fungi using agroindustrial by-products and its efficacy to inhibit Colletotrichum species

  • Lúcia Raquel Ramos Berger*
  • , Thayza Christina Montenegro Stamford
  • , Kataryne Árabe Rimá de Oliveira
  • , Adjane de Miranda Pereira Pessoa
  • , Marcos Antonio Barbosa de Lima
  • , Maria Manuela Estevez Pintado
  • , Marcos Paz Saraiva Câmara
  • , Luciana de Oliveira Franco
  • , Marciane Magnani
  • , Evandro Leite de Souza
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This study evaluated corn steep liquor (CSL) and papaya peel juice (PPJ) in mixture as substrates for the cultivation (96 h, 28 °C, pH 5.6, 150 rpm) of Mucorales fungi for chitosan production, and determined the growth-inhibitory effect of the fungal chitosan (FuCS) obtained under optimized conditions against phytopathogenic Colletotrichum species. All Mucorales fungi tested were capable of growing in CSL-PPJ medium, showing FuCS production in the range of 5.02 (Fennelomyces heterothalicus SIS 28) − 15.63 mg/g (Cunninghamella elegans SIS 41). Highest FuCS production (37.25 mg/g) was achieved when C. elegans was cultivated in medium containing 9.43% CSL and 42.5% PPJ. FuCS obtained under these conditions showed a deacetylation degree of 86%, viscosity of 120 cP and molecular weight of 4.08 × 104 g/mol. FuCS at 5000, 7500 and 10,000 ppm inhibited the growth of all Colletotrichum species tested. FuCS also induced alterations in the morphology of C. fructicola hyphae. CSL-PPJ mixtures are suitable substrates for the cultivation of Mucorales fungi for FuCS production. Chitosan from C. elegans cultivated in CSL-PPJ medium is effective in inhibiting phytopathogenic Colletotrichum species.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)635-641
Number of pages7
JournalInternational Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Volume108
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2018

Keywords

  • Agroindustrial by-products
  • Antifungal effects
  • Fungal chitosan

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