Publications by authors named "Faten A Mostafa"

Background: The main obstacle facing the utilization of microbial enzymes in industrial applications is the high cost of production substrates. As a result of the mentioned different wastes (coffee powder waste, dates nawah powder, molokhia stems, pea peels, lemon peels, and corn cobs) were investigated as low-cost nutritional substrates for the production of microbial β-galactosidase in this study. The purification of the enzyme and its kinetic and thermodynamics were investigated.

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β-Mannanase producing fungus was isolated from coffee powder waste and identified as Aspergillus niger MSSFW (Gen Bank accession number OR668928). Dates nawah powder as industrial and agricultural waste was the most inducer of β-mannanase production. The Plackett-Burman and Central Composite designs were used to improve β-mannanase titer.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study explores the production of cellulase using agricultural waste, specifically Molokhia stems, through the fermentation process using Aspergillus awamori MK788209.
  • Statistical optimization techniques, Plackett-Burman and Central Composite Design, significantly improved cellulase yields by 2.51 and 4.86 times, respectively, and increased sugar recovery from pea peels to 338 mg reducing sugar/ml.
  • The produced cellulase demonstrated high effectiveness not only in breaking down agricultural waste but also in improving the properties of cotton fabrics for textile applications.
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Background And Aim: The purpose of the current study is to isolate a heavily amylase-producing bacteria of the genus Bacillus from soil samples, optimize the production of the enzyme, purify it, and evaluate its activity against biofilm-producing bacteria. A total of 12 soil samples were collected and screened for promising Bacillus species with good amylolytic activity. Isolation was done by serial dilution and plating technique and amylolytic activity was determined by starch agar plate method.

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This study investigates the production of the enzyme cocktail by the isolated fungi Aspergillus flavus B2 (GenBank accession number OL655454) using agricultural and industrial (AI) residues as the sole substrate. Of all the AI residues tested, Jew's mallow stalk was the best inducer substrate for enzyme cocktail production without adding any nutrients. Statistical optimization using Response Surface Methodology enhanced the production by 5.

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Amidated pectin-polyethylene imine-glutaraldehyde (AP-PEI-GA) immobilizer was prepared. The ideal protocol that should be adopted during the immobilizer preparation was investigated via Box-Behnken design (BBD), and it comprised processing the AP beads with 3.4 % (w/w) PEI solution of pH 9.

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Bacterial α-amylase was immobilized on sugilite from modified basalt rock as a new carrier. A set of glass compositions based on sugilite formula KNaMLiSiO (M = Al or Mn or Fe) were prepared. The glasses were prepared through melting-quenching technique and samples of glass were converted to glass ceramic.

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The bacteriocins produced by lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are attracting attention due to their promising applications in food and pharmaceuticals fields. Hence, a LAB strain, GCNRC_GA15, was isolated from Egyptian goat cheese, and molecularly identified as Lactiplantibacillus plantarum. This strain showed a wide antimicrobial spectrum, which was found to be of proteineous nature, suggesting that L.

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Aspergillus oryzae (A. oryzae) is a filamentous micro-fungus that is used from centuries in fermentation of different foods in many countries all over the world. This valuable fungus is also a rich source of many bioactive secondary metabolites.

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The object of this study was to utilize agro-industrial waste Corchorus olitorius stems (molokhia stems, MS) as substrate, for Aspergillus niger MK981235 xylanase production and as source of biologically active xylooligosaccharides (XOS). This study succeeded in utilization of Aspergillus niger MK981235 xylanase under different saccharification conditions designed by central composite design (CCD) for extraction of 15 biologically active XOS (anti-hepatotoxic, antioxidant, hypocholesterolemic and prebiotic) with different monosaccharides constituents composition and percent. A.

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Utilization of agricultural wastes as cheap natural resources for production of bioactive products is currently attracting global attention. For this purpose, this study focused on isolation of Aspergillus wewitschiae MN056175 as promising producer of inulinase, then investigating physiochemical, kinetics and thermodynamics of the obtained inulinase, and its ability to extract bioactive fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) from Cynara scolymus leaves (artichoke leaves, AL). A.

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Alginate- polyethyleneimine gel beads modified by using 0.3 M Na were used for covalent immobilization of Aspergillus flavus xylanase. SEM images showed distorted structure with addition of Na that impaired the egg-box structure formation offered much covalent binding with xylanase.

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This study full filed in enhancement of catalytic, thermodynamics and storage stability of Alternaria tenuissima KM651985 laccase by conjugation to sodium periodate oxidized starch. The starch conjugated A. tenuissima KM651985 laccase was active over a wide range of temperatures and pHs with the highest activity at 60 °C and 4, respectively.

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This study is a new trial aimed to solve levansucrase high cost and levan associated problems during the purification process. Also, kinetic and thermodynamic study was done to compare between the partial pure (PP) and purified forms (PF). Within this context, Aspergillus awamori EM66 levansucrase was produced constitutively (5.

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Our study full filled in two main goals preparation of constitutive exochitinase with low cost, utilizing non-chitin containing agricultural wastes, and improving the thermodynamics of purified Trichoderma longibrachiatum KT693225 exochitinase by covalent coupling to sodium periodate activated agar. Central composite design (CCD) was used to improve the chemical modification of Trichoderma longibrachiatum KT693225 exochitinase. Optimum temperature for conjugated exochitinase 60 °C was higher than native form 40 °C.

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α-Amylase enzyme was immobilized on bioactive phospho-silicate glass (PS-glass) as a novel inorganic support by physical adsorption and covalent binding methods using glutaraldehyde and poly glutaraldehyde as a spacer. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) studies confirmed the glass-enzyme linkage. Dissolution of PS-glass in acidic and neutral pH is higher than that of alkaline pH.

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Soyasapogenol B (SB) is known to have many biological activities such as hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory, anti-mutagenic, antiviral and anticancer activities. Enzymatic conversion of soyasaponins to SB was carried out using saponin hydrolase (SH) extracted from . The partially purified enzyme was immobilized on different carriers by physical adsorption, covalent binding or entrapment.

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In our search for chitinase and chitosanase producer from unconventional sources, the marine-derived fungus Aspergillus griseoaurantiacus KX010988 was obviously the best producer of the highest chitinase and chitosanase activities by solid state fermentation of potato shells. Chitinase was purified in three steps involving ammonium sulphate precipitation, DEAE-cellulose ion-exchange chromatography and Sephacryl S-300 gel chromatography. 12.

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Four marine-derived fungal isolates were screened for the production of inulinase enzyme from low cost substrates under solid state fermentation (SSF), one of them identified as Aspergillus terreus showed the highest inulinase activity using artichoke leaves as a solid substrate. Sequential optimization strategy, based on statistical experimental designs was employed to optimize the composition of the medium, including Plackett-Burman and Taguchi's (L9 3(4)) orthogonal array designs. Under the optimized conditions, inulinase activity (21.

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