Purification, characterization and specificity of a new GH family 35 galactosidase from Aspergillus awamori.

Galactosidases, ubiquitous in nature, are complex carbohydrate-active enzymes and find extensive applications in food, pharma, and biotechnology industries. The present study deals with the production of galactosidases from fungi by solid-state fermentation. Fifteen fungi were screened and Aspergillus awamori (MTCC 548), exhibited the highest α and β-galactosidase activities of 75.

Production of highly active fungal milk-clotting enzyme by solid-state fermentation.

Cheese production is projected to reach 20 million metric tons by 2020, of which 33% is being produced using calf rennet (EC 3.4.23.