PRODUCTION OF NIGEROSE, NIGEROSYL GLUCOSE, AND NIGEROSYL MALTOSE BY ACREMONIUM SP S4G13

A strain of Acremonium sp, S4G13, which produced an enzyme producing n igerose, nigerosyl glucose, and nigerosyl maltose from maltooligosacch arides in high yield, was isolated from soil, From these observations, the enzyme was strongly supposed to be a novel enzyme that hydrolyzed maltooligosaccharides and released glucose, but also transferred the glucosyl moiety into the C-3 or C-4 position of the acceptor molecule by a-form in significant amounts.