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The effect of soy sauce oil and various other oils on protease production by Aspergillus oryzae NISL 1913 was studied in chemostat cultures (dilution rate=0.02 h−1). Soy sauce oil was consumed as a carbon source by the cells and also accelerated protease production. When soy sauce oil was used as sole carbon source, the specific protease production rate was 2.89 protease units·(mg dry weight of mycelium)−1·h−1, which was threefold higher than that with starch. The specific protease production rate with linoleic acid, oleic acid, Tween 80 and soybean oil exhibited similar values to that with soy sauce oil but the fatty acids with carbon chains shorter than six, such as caproic acid and acetic acid, did not stimulate protease production. The oils did not cause an increase in other exocellular enzymes such as α-amylase, indicating that the protease production was selectively stimulated by the oils.
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Fukushima, Y., Itoh, H., Fukase, T. et al. Stimulation of protease production byAspergillus oryzae with oils in continuous culture. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 34, 586–590 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00167904
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