ISOLATION OF A FUNGUS TO DECOLORIZE COFFEE

Authors
TERASAWA N MURATA M HOMMA S
Citation
N. Terasawa et al., ISOLATION OF A FUNGUS TO DECOLORIZE COFFEE, Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 58(11), 1994, pp. 2093-2095
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Agriculture,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology","Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09168451
Volume
58
Issue
11
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2093 - 2095
Database
ISI
SICI code
0916-8451(1994)58:11<2093:IOAFTD>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A fungus, Paecilomyces canadensis NC-1, that decolorizes a coffee solu tion was isolated by enrichment culture. This fungus decolorized a cof fee solution by 79% under the optimal conditions. The larger molecular weight fractions of coffee pigments were adsorbed to the mycelia, and the autoclaved mycelia also adsorbed coffee pigments. This fungus dec olorized such phenol-type pigments as those found in coffee and black tea extracts.