The ancient koji mold (Aspergillus oryzae) as a modern biotechnological tool

GM Daba, FA Mostafa, WA Elkhateeb - Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 2021 - Springer
Aspergillus oryzae (A. oryzae) is a multicellular fungus that is considered as one of the
most important species used as biotechnological tool in many countries all over the world as …

Yeasts and molds in fermented food production: an ancient bioprocess

MV Copetti - Current opinion in food science, 2019 - Elsevier
… is an ancient biotechnology, and the basic activities of modern … The molds Aspergillus
oryzae and Aspergillus sojae play a … use as the starter for preparation of koji, a source of fungal …

Advances in Genetic Engineering Technology and Its Application in the Industrial Fungus Aspergillus oryzae

FJ Jin, S Hu, BT Wang, L Jin - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae is an important strain in … oryzae has a strong capacity
to secrete large amounts of … oryzae are often limited by numerous bottlenecks that occur …

Rhizopus oryzaeAncient microbial resource with importance in modern food industry

L Londoño-Hernández, C Ramírez-Toro… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
… , its potential for other biotechnological processes is under study. … koji (whole soybean koji)
is made using Aspergillus oryzae, … To increase lipase production different statistical tools such …

From traditional to modern: progress of molds and yeasts in fermented-food production

W Chen, X Lv, VT Tran, J Maruyama, KH Han… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
… For example, Aspergillus oryzae is widely applied for brewing … Aspergillus niger inspired
by black-skin-red-koji. The results indicate that the designed petri dish might be an efficient tool

Ethno-microbiology of Tempe, an Indonesian fungal-fermented soybean food and Koji, a Japanese fungal starter culture

JP Tamang, A Anupma, HNJ Shangpliang - Current Opinion in Food …, 2022 - Elsevier
… a nonedible ancient starter culture of Japan called koji, which … oligosporus as well as
Aspergillus oryzae and other related … nature of expression using bioinformatics tools that could be …

[PDF][PDF] Summarized enzymology of Aspergillus oryzae: the national microorganism of Japan

E Ichishima - Current Topics on Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2022 - researchgate.net
… history of contributing to biotechnology and understanding of … and taxonomic reevaluation of
black kōji molds [13, 14]. The … , it should be a valuable tool to elucidate the physiological role …

Methods of random mutagenesis of Aspergillus strain for increasing kojic acid production

H Suryadi, MI Irianti… - … biotechnology, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
… Mutagens such as physical and chemical mutagens are often used as tools for breeding the
… Genomics of Aspergillus oryzae: Learning from the history of Koji mold and exploration of its …

Traditional and Modern Biotechnology in Food and Food Additives

NK Sharma, Bharti - Nonthermal Food Processing, Safety, and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
… to develop new tools and technology to … koji is mixed with soybean mash and salt and again
fermented. In this, the substrate is inoculated with mold spores, especially Aspergillus oryzae

Fungal biotechnology: role and aspects

D Mukherjee, S Singh, M Kumar, V Kumar… - Fungi and their role in …, 2018 - Springer
… fungi one of the foundation stones in modern biotechnology. … Takamine used Aspergillus
oryzae, a Japanese koji mould, … same breeding techniques using molecular tools are needed. …