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Article: Production of glycosidases and 1,4-[beta]-endoglucanase by pythium irregulare grown by flax shive fermentation.(SOUTH CAROLINA JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE ABSTRACTS)
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- Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of Science
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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Pythium irregulare is an oleaginous fungus that is capable of producing essential fatty acids (EFAs) when grown on a waste product of flax shives. EFAs are important to the human body because they confer cardioprotective effects--reducing hypertension, arrythmias, and the occurrence of sudden death. Furthermore, the human body cannot produce them, so they must be consumed, and therefore, a commercial source of EFAs must be found. One method is to grow a eukaryotic organism by fermentation. The ability of the fungus P. irregulare to produce Glycosidases and 1,4-[beta]-Endoglucanase enzymes to break down cellulose, the cell wall component of the flax shives, was determined ...