A produção de pectinases por Aspergillus niger LB-02-SF foi estudada, em processo submerso, com o objetivo de avaliar condições de processo de obtenção, caracterizar e utilizar as enzimas produzidas. As condições de processo estudadas foram a composição do meio de cultivo, a adição de pectina (indutor enzimático) ao meio após a fase de intenso crescimento celular, a utilização de inóculo vegetativo e estratégias de controle do pH. Adicionalmente, o extrato enzimático bruto foi caracterizado quanto à temperatura e ao pH de reação e utilizado no tratamento de suco de maçã Gala. Com o meio de cultivo formulado, que não contém glicose na composição, foi verificada a redução do crescimento celular, sem afetar a produção de pectinases e facilitando o controle dos parâmetros de processo. A adição de pectina quando o pH atingiu o valor de 2,7 (22 horas) não influenciou o crescimento fúngico, sendo que a concentração celular máxima (11,0 g/L) e o tempo em que ela ocorreu (48 horas) foram semelhantes aos observados na condição controle, com pectina presente no meio desde o início do processo (11,5 g/L em 41 horas). Nesta condição de adição de indutor enzimático, a produção de pectinases foi favorecida, sendo atingida atividade máxima de 14 U/mL, cerca de 40% superior à da condição controle, no mesmo tempo de cultivo (135 horas). A utilização de inóculo vegetativo levou à redução da fase de adaptação do microrganismo ao meio. Concentrações de 5 e 10% (v/v) favoreceram o crescimento celular; no entanto, foram verificadas atividades enzimáticas máximas de 5,5 e 3,8 U/mL, inferiores à obtida com a inoculação por esporos (6,4 U/mL). Além disso, não foi observada redução dos tempos em que os picos de atividade enzimática ocorreram. No cultivo com a queda natural do pH inicial de 4,0 para o mínimo atingido (pH 2,5) e posterior controle neste valor, foi obtida atividade enzimática máxima de 7,5 U/mL, superior às atingidas no cultivo com controle de pH em mínimo de 2,7 e no cultivo com pH não controlado, de 6,4 e 3,5 U/mL, respectivamente. Nos cultivos em frascos sob agitação, valores iniciais de pH de 2,0, 3,0 e 4,0 foram os que proporcionaram a obtenção de maiores valores de fator de produção específica (YP/X). Em cultivos em biorreator com o pH controlado nestes valores durante todo o processo, verificou-se que o crescimento celular foi favorecido em pH 3,0, com a concentração máxima de biomassa (10,2 g/L) sendo atingida cerca de 90 horas antes do pico observado no cultivo com pH 2,0 constante (7,7 g/L). Por outro lado, a produção de pectinases foi favorecida em pH 2,0, com pico de atividade enzimática de 9,5U/mL, superior aos determinados com pH constante de 3,0 e 4,0, de 4,7 e 2,0 U/mL, respectivamente. A estratégia de condução do cultivo que possibilitou a obtenção da maior atividade enzimática, de 13,2 U/mL, foi em pH inicial de 3,0 e mantido até que fosse atingido no meio a concentração de oxigênio dissolvido de 30%, sendo então reduzido para 2,0 pela adição de H2SO4. Nesta condição, o crescimento celular não foi afetado, resultando em maior fator de produção específica (1,26 U/mg). A ação das enzimas pectinolíticas produzidas em cultivo líquido foi favorecida em pH 4,0 e em temperatura de 50ºC. A estabilidade das enzimas formadas é favorecida em pH 3,0, sendo observada a manutenção de 90% da atividade inicial após 120 horas de exposição. Com a exposição do extrato enzimático às temperaturas de 30, 40 e 50ºC, 100% da atividade enzimática inicial foram preservados por até 180 minutos. Na avaliação da ação do extrato enzimático no tratamento de suco de maçã, os resultados foram estatisticamente semelhantes aos observados após o uso de preparação pectinolítica comercial. Após o tratamento enzimático, foi determinado aumento de clarificação de 79%, com a redução da turbidez e da viscosidade em 98 e 10%, respectivamente. Os resultados obtidos neste trabalho demonstram que as condições avaliadas para o processo submerso influenciam efetivamente na produção de pectinases e que estas enzimas têm potencial para serem utilizadas em formulações para a clarificação de sucos de frutas. / Submitted by Ana Guimarães Pereira (agpereir@ucs.br) on 2016-05-12T13:50:52Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Caroline Reginatto.pdf: 1099356 bytes, checksum: ed0414191326cd7f7caa74b8ce16cdec (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-05-12T13:50:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Caroline Reginatto.pdf: 1099356 bytes, checksum: ed0414191326cd7f7caa74b8ce16cdec (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-05-12 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, CAPES. / The production of pectinases by Aspergillus niger LB-02-SF was carried out in submerged process, aiming to evaluate process conditions and to characterize and utilize the produced enzymes. The process conditions evaluated were medium composition, addition of pectin (enzymatic inducer) to the medium after the phase of intense cellular growth, use of vegetative inoculum and strategies to pH control. Additionally, the crude enzyme extract was characterized with respect to temperature and pH of reaction and used in Gala apple juice treatment. By using the cultivation medium formulated, which does not contain glucose, it was verified the decrease of the cellular growth without affecting the pectinase production and facilitating the control of the process parameters. The addition of pectin when the pH reached the value of 2.7 (22 hours) did not influence the fungal growth, noticing that the maximum cellular concentration (11.0 g/L) and the time that it occurred (48 hours) were similar to the ones obtained at the control condition, which had pectin in the medium since the beginning of the process (11.5 g/L at 41 hours). In this condition of enzyme inducer addition, the pectinase production was favored, reaching a maximum activity of 14 U/mL, ca. of 40% superior to that of control condition, at the same cultivation time (135 hours). The use of vegetative inoculum led to a decrease in the adaptation phase of the microorganism to the medium. Concentrations of 5 and 10% (v/v) enhanced the cellular growth; however, maximum enzyme activities of 5.5 and 3.8 U/mL were attained, which are lower than that obtained with spore inoculation (6.4 U/mL). In addition, it was not observed a reduction of the times in which the enzyme activity peaks occurred. In the cultivation with natural decrease of the initial pH 4.0 to the minimum reached (pH 2.5) and further control in this value, it was obtained maximum enzyme activity of 7.5 U/mL, which is higher than the ones obtained in the cultivation with pH controlled at minimum of 2.7 and in the cultivation with no pH control, of 6.4 and 3.5 U/mL, respectively. In shaken flasks cultivations, initial pH values of 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0 resulted in highest values for the specific production factor (YP/X). In bioreactor cultivations with the pH controlled at these values along the process, it was verified that the cellular growth was favored at pH 3.0, with the maximum biomass concentration (10.2 g/L) attained about 90 hours before the peak observed in the run at constant pH 2.0 (7.7 g/L). On the other hand, pectinase production was favored in pH 2.0, with enzyme activity peak of 9.5 U/mL, which is higher than the ones obtained with constant pH of 3.0 and 4.0, of 4.7 and 2.0 U/mL, respectively. The strategy of cultivation conduction that enabled the highest enzyme activity of 13.2 U/mL was the use of initial pH 3.0, its control until the dissolved oxygen concentration in the medium reached 30%, and then decreasing to 2,0 by adding H2SO4. In this condition, the cellular growth was not affected, resulting in high specific production factor (1.26 U/mg). The action of pectinolytic enzymes obtained in liquid cultivation was favored at pH 4.0 and temperature of 50°C. The stability of formed enzymes is favored at pH 3.0, being observed the maintenance of about 90% of the initial activity after 120 min of incubation. At 30, 40 and 50°C, after 180 minutes of exposure, 100% of the initial enzyme activity were maintained. The enzyme extracts obtained were used in enzymatic treatment of Gala apple juice and they had comparable effects to those observed after using commercial pectinolytic preparation. After the enzymatic treatment, it was identified 79% of apple juice clarification, with 98 and 10% of turbidity and viscosity reduction, respectively. The results obtained in this work show that the conditions assessed for submerged process effectively influence pectinase production and that these enzymes have potential to be used in formulations for fruit juices clarification.

Orientador: Rubens Monti / Banca: Sandra Regina Pombeiro Sponchiado / Banca: Eleonora Cano Carmona / Resumo: Neste trabalho foi utilizada a metodologia de superfície de resposta, por meio de delineamento composto central rotacional para investigar as melhores condições de produção de xilanase pelo fungo filamentoso Aspergillus niger. Este micro-organismo é considerado um bom produtor de enzimas xilanases, sendo que estas enzimas têm a capacidade de hidrolisar xilana em xilooligossacarídeos e xilose. Produtos assim obtidos estão sendo cada vez mais utilizados em rações animais para melhoria da flora intestinal; para a produção de xilitol e também para a produção de álcool de segunda geração. A análise estatística dos resultados obtidos neste trabalho mostrou que as melhores condições de produção da enzima extracelular foram: pH 5,0, temperatura de 37 ºC, agitação de 80 rpm, e concentração de fonte de carbono de 2 % (p/v). Após a determinação das condições ideais, o extrato foi clarificado por filtração em caulim, e as proteínas assim obtidas foram precipitadas com acetona ocorrendo uma melhora sensível na atividade específica. Após filtração em Sephadex G-75 foi mostrada a presença de atividade xilanolítica em dois picos, e as frações referentes ao segundo pico foram reunidas e submetidas à coluna de troca iônica DEAE-Trisacryl, na qual se constatou uma fração sendo eluída com 0,06 mol/L de NaCl, contendo atividade de xilanase. A SDS-PAGE da fração majoritária revelou uma única banda protéica com massa molar aparente de 34 kDa. A cromatografia em sílica gel P60 revelou que os produtos de hidrólise foram constituídos de xilooligossacarídeos, após 120 min de hidrólise / Abstract: In the present work, response surface methodology was utilized, through appliance of rotational central composite design to investigate the best conditions of production of xylanase by the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger. This microorganism is considered a good producer of xylanase enzyme, which has the ability to hydrolyze hemicelluloses in xylooligosaccharides and xylose. Products obtained this way are being increasingly utilized in animal feeding to improve the intestinal flora, to produce xylitol and also to produce second generation ethanol. The statistical analysis of the obtained results showed that the best conditions for the extracellular enzyme production were: pH 5.0, 37 ºC, 80 rpm shaking, and 2 % (w/v) carbon source concentration. After the determination of the ideal production conditions, the enzyme extract was clarified through filtration in kaolin, and the protein obtained were precipitated with acetone, with a sensitive increase in the specific activity. After molecular exclusion chromatography in Sephadex G-75 the presence of xylanolitic activity was shown in two peaks, and the fractions related to the second peak were collected and submitted to DEAE-Trisacryl ion exchange column, in which were observed fractions showing xylanase activity that was eluted with 0.06 mol/L NaCl. SDS-PAGE of the majority fraction revealed only one proteic band with apparent molar mass of 34 kDa. P60 silica gel chromatography revealed that the product of hydrolysis was constituted of small xylooligosaccharides released after 120 min of hydrolysis / Mestre

A produção de pectinases por Aspergillus niger LB-02-SF foi estudada, em processo submerso, com o objetivo de avaliar condições de processo de obtenção, caracterizar e utilizar as enzimas produzidas. As condições de processo estudadas foram a composição do meio de cultivo, a adição de pectina (indutor enzimático) ao meio após a fase de intenso crescimento celular, a utilização de inóculo vegetativo e estratégias de controle do pH. Adicionalmente, o extrato enzimático bruto foi caracterizado quanto à temperatura e ao pH de reação e utilizado no tratamento de suco de maçã Gala. Com o meio de cultivo formulado, que não contém glicose na composição, foi verificada a redução do crescimento celular, sem afetar a produção de pectinases e facilitando o controle dos parâmetros de processo. A adição de pectina quando o pH atingiu o valor de 2,7 (22 horas) não influenciou o crescimento fúngico, sendo que a concentração celular máxima (11,0 g/L) e o tempo em que ela ocorreu (48 horas) foram semelhantes aos observados na condição controle, com pectina presente no meio desde o início do processo (11,5 g/L em 41 horas). Nesta condição de adição de indutor enzimático, a produção de pectinases foi favorecida, sendo atingida atividade máxima de 14 U/mL, cerca de 40% superior à da condição controle, no mesmo tempo de cultivo (135 horas). A utilização de inóculo vegetativo levou à redução da fase de adaptação do microrganismo ao meio. Concentrações de 5 e 10% (v/v) favoreceram o crescimento celular; no entanto, foram verificadas atividades enzimáticas máximas de 5,5 e 3,8 U/mL, inferiores à obtida com a inoculação por esporos (6,4 U/mL). Além disso, não foi observada redução dos tempos em que os picos de atividade enzimática ocorreram. No cultivo com a queda natural do pH inicial de 4,0 para o mínimo atingido (pH 2,5) e posterior controle neste valor, foi obtida atividade enzimática máxima de 7,5 U/mL, superior às atingidas no cultivo com controle de pH em mínimo de 2,7 e no cultivo com pH não controlado, de 6,4 e 3,5 U/mL, respectivamente. Nos cultivos em frascos sob agitação, valores iniciais de pH de 2,0, 3,0 e 4,0 foram os que proporcionaram a obtenção de maiores valores de fator de produção específica (YP/X). Em cultivos em biorreator com o pH controlado nestes valores durante todo o processo, verificou-se que o crescimento celular foi favorecido em pH 3,0, com a concentração máxima de biomassa (10,2 g/L) sendo atingida cerca de 90 horas antes do pico observado no cultivo com pH 2,0 constante (7,7 g/L). Por outro lado, a produção de pectinases foi favorecida em pH 2,0, com pico de atividade enzimática de 9,5U/mL, superior aos determinados com pH constante de 3,0 e 4,0, de 4,7 e 2,0 U/mL, respectivamente. A estratégia de condução do cultivo que possibilitou a obtenção da maior atividade enzimática, de 13,2 U/mL, foi em pH inicial de 3,0 e mantido até que fosse atingido no meio a concentração de oxigênio dissolvido de 30%, sendo então reduzido para 2,0 pela adição de H2SO4. Nesta condição, o crescimento celular não foi afetado, resultando em maior fator de produção específica (1,26 U/mg). A ação das enzimas pectinolíticas produzidas em cultivo líquido foi favorecida em pH 4,0 e em temperatura de 50ºC. A estabilidade das enzimas formadas é favorecida em pH 3,0, sendo observada a manutenção de 90% da atividade inicial após 120 horas de exposição. Com a exposição do extrato enzimático às temperaturas de 30, 40 e 50ºC, 100% da atividade enzimática inicial foram preservados por até 180 minutos. Na avaliação da ação do extrato enzimático no tratamento de suco de maçã, os resultados foram estatisticamente semelhantes aos observados após o uso de preparação pectinolítica comercial. Após o tratamento enzimático, foi determinado aumento de clarificação de 79%, com a redução da turbidez e da viscosidade em 98 e 10%, respectivamente. Os resultados obtidos neste trabalho demonstram que as condições avaliadas para o processo submerso influenciam efetivamente na produção de pectinases e que estas enzimas têm potencial para serem utilizadas em formulações para a clarificação de sucos de frutas. / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, CAPES. / The production of pectinases by Aspergillus niger LB-02-SF was carried out in submerged process, aiming to evaluate process conditions and to characterize and utilize the produced enzymes. The process conditions evaluated were medium composition, addition of pectin (enzymatic inducer) to the medium after the phase of intense cellular growth, use of vegetative inoculum and strategies to pH control. Additionally, the crude enzyme extract was characterized with respect to temperature and pH of reaction and used in Gala apple juice treatment. By using the cultivation medium formulated, which does not contain glucose, it was verified the decrease of the cellular growth without affecting the pectinase production and facilitating the control of the process parameters. The addition of pectin when the pH reached the value of 2.7 (22 hours) did not influence the fungal growth, noticing that the maximum cellular concentration (11.0 g/L) and the time that it occurred (48 hours) were similar to the ones obtained at the control condition, which had pectin in the medium since the beginning of the process (11.5 g/L at 41 hours). In this condition of enzyme inducer addition, the pectinase production was favored, reaching a maximum activity of 14 U/mL, ca. of 40% superior to that of control condition, at the same cultivation time (135 hours). The use of vegetative inoculum led to a decrease in the adaptation phase of the microorganism to the medium. Concentrations of 5 and 10% (v/v) enhanced the cellular growth; however, maximum enzyme activities of 5.5 and 3.8 U/mL were attained, which are lower than that obtained with spore inoculation (6.4 U/mL). In addition, it was not observed a reduction of the times in which the enzyme activity peaks occurred. In the cultivation with natural decrease of the initial pH 4.0 to the minimum reached (pH 2.5) and further control in this value, it was obtained maximum enzyme activity of 7.5 U/mL, which is higher than the ones obtained in the cultivation with pH controlled at minimum of 2.7 and in the cultivation with no pH control, of 6.4 and 3.5 U/mL, respectively. In shaken flasks cultivations, initial pH values of 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0 resulted in highest values for the specific production factor (YP/X). In bioreactor cultivations with the pH controlled at these values along the process, it was verified that the cellular growth was favored at pH 3.0, with the maximum biomass concentration (10.2 g/L) attained about 90 hours before the peak observed in the run at constant pH 2.0 (7.7 g/L). On the other hand, pectinase production was favored in pH 2.0, with enzyme activity peak of 9.5 U/mL, which is higher than the ones obtained with constant pH of 3.0 and 4.0, of 4.7 and 2.0 U/mL, respectively. The strategy of cultivation conduction that enabled the highest enzyme activity of 13.2 U/mL was the use of initial pH 3.0, its control until the dissolved oxygen concentration in the medium reached 30%, and then decreasing to 2,0 by adding H2SO4. In this condition, the cellular growth was not affected, resulting in high specific production factor (1.26 U/mg). The action of pectinolytic enzymes obtained in liquid cultivation was favored at pH 4.0 and temperature of 50°C. The stability of formed enzymes is favored at pH 3.0, being observed the maintenance of about 90% of the initial activity after 120 min of incubation. At 30, 40 and 50°C, after 180 minutes of exposure, 100% of the initial enzyme activity were maintained. The enzyme extracts obtained were used in enzymatic treatment of Gala apple juice and they had comparable effects to those observed after using commercial pectinolytic preparation. After the enzymatic treatment, it was identified 79% of apple juice clarification, with 98 and 10% of turbidity and viscosity reduction, respectively. The results obtained in this work show that the conditions assessed for submerged process effectively influence pectinase production and that these enzymes have potential to be used in formulations for fruit juices clarification.

The research demonstrated that an easily cultivated fungus was screened from filter materials of fresh water recycle aquaculture system. A fungus, characterized as being able to remediate multiple nitrogenous wastes, was identified as Aspergillus niger NBG5. A. niger NBG5 was developed as superior fungus through bioreactor so as to establish a nitrogenous removal system of single tank stirred tank reactor (SSTR). A. niger NBG5¡¦s remediative responses were tested under various temperatures. The experiment showed that specific nitrogen consumption rate was 0.047 g-N g-cell-1 day-1 at 30¢J which were better than nitrite nitrogen and protein nitrogen consumption. When the artificial wastes¡¦ ammonium concentration was set as 50 mg L-1, its ammonium consumption rate was 4.8 mg m-2 day-1. The ammonium consumption rate reached 0.32 mg m-2 day-1 with aquaculture wastes. The result revealed that SSTR removed nitrogen from aquaculture wastes by A. niger NBG5 and achieved a purpose of decreasing ammonium within aquaculture wastes. The research simulated ammonium variable numerals between SSTR and BSTR (the system of bi-tank stirred tank reactor). Through BSTR, regression formula with water flow rate and ammonium removal efficiency rate was y = 5.7219x-0.9616 when the ammonium concentration was set as 50 mg L-1. SSTR simulated a phenomenon¡Xthe more ammonium concentration aquaculture wastes reached, the much waste water volume of aquaculture tank it had. Based on the same requirements, a better water flow rate would be concluded through various water flow rate simulation tests. SSTR numerical simulation system could simulate ammonium production rate of fish tank to get consumption trends of ammonium concentration in fish tank and reactor. The simulation results would be able to decide later system design, water flow rate, feed timing and similar research references.

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Aspergillus niger and Penicillium candidum were grown and harvested on days 6 and 8, which corresponded to their maximal biomasses and lipoxygenase (LOX) activities. The extracts were enriched with ammonium sulfate precipitation at 30 to 70% and 20 to 60% of saturation, respectively. The LOX activity was assayed with linoleic, linolenic and arachidonic acids as substrates. Both enriched microbial LOXs demonstrated preferential substrate specificities towards free fatty acids, over acyl esters of linoleic acid. The LOXs had the highest catalytic efficiency values (ratio of V max to Km) for linolenic acid biocatalysis. Major and minor pH optima at 5.0 and 10.5 were observed for A. niger, whereas for P. candidum they were at 6.0 and 8.5. Normal phase high-performance liquid chromatography (NP-HPLC) and gas-liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) characterization of end products revealed that both LOXs produced the 10-hydroperoxide of linoleic acid (10-HPOD) at 15 to 16% of total isomers detected, respectively. Chiral studies of the P. candidum LOX catalyzed hydroperoxides revealed an excess in the production of (S) stereo-isomers resultant from linoleic, linolenic and arachidonic acids bioconversion. Penicillium camemberti was grown and harvested at its maximal biomass and LOX activity. The microbial extract was ultrafiltered (30 kDa NMWCO) and KCI (7.5 ppm) was added prior to lyophilization for the stabilization of enzyme activity. The LOX and hydroperoxide lyase (HPL) activities were assayed using linoleic acid and the 10-HPOD as substrates, respectively. The post-lyophilization residual activities were 93% and 223% for LOX and HPL, respectively. The long-term storage stability (-80°C) of the extract (KCI 7.5 ppm) was ~100% after 8 and 4 weeks for LOX and HPL, respectively. The investigated stabilizing chemical additives included glycine, mannitol, glycerol, sucrose and polyethylene glycol. The lowest Kinactivation values were observed with glycine with 0.136 and 0.0296 for LOX and HPL, respectively. Thermostability studies indicated that 5 and 10% (w/v) mannitol and glycine effectively stabilized LOX and HPL, respectively. Immobilization of an enzymatic extract from P. camemberti containing LOX and HPL activities was performed on EupergitRTMC and EupergitRTMC250L-iminodiacetate (IDA), respectively. The free and immobilized extracts both possessed LOX activity with a pH optimum of 6.0, whereas pH 6.0 and 4.0 were the optima of the HPL activity for free and immobilized extract, respectively. Optimal LOX reaction temperatures were 30 and 55°C for the free and immobilized extract, respectively, whereas 45 and 30°C were determined for the HPL activity of the free and immobilized extract, respectively. Long-term stability (-80°C) of the immobilized extract containing LOX and HPL activity showed residual activities of 82.6 and 93.8% after 4 and 8 weeks, respectively.

Zugl.: Braunschweig, Techn. Univ., Diss., 2008

Techn. University, Diss., 1998--Braunschweig.

o setor vitivinícola é responsável por 1% do Produto Interno Bruto (PIB) do Rio Grande do Sul, sendo o estado responsável por 90% da produção Brasileira de vinhos, cujo mercado é crescente. Na indústria vitícola cerca de 25% da quantidade processada de uva transforma-se em resíduos, representados principalmente por cascas, sementes e engaço. Este trabalho teve como objetivo analisar as características nutricionais de bagaço de Vitis sp e o seu enriquecimento com Aspergillus niger T0005/007-2. Foi verificado que a fermentação em estado sólido destes resíduos utilizando o fungo filamentoso A. niger eleva os teores de . proteína bruta de resíduos de uva, além do aumento do valor calórico, de carboidratos, fibra alimentar total, lipídios, e umidade. O incremento dos carboidratos 20 dias após a exposição ao fungo A. niger é um fator favorável para utilização do mesmo para ração animal, pois desta forma se torna a formulação mais adequada para uma complementação à ração de suínos. O crescimento de micélio do fungo A. niger, sobre resíduos de engaço de Vitis sp mostra-se promissor para o aumento do valor nutricional dos resíduos da produção de uva, que já vêm sendo utilizados na alimentação de alguns animais. Com base nesses resultados, a bioconversão do engaço da uva empregando fermentação em estado sólido com linhagens de A. niger pode ser um complemento para alimentação de animais (sic). / Submitted by Ana Guimarães Pereira (agpereir@ucs.br) on 2017-11-24T18:16:05Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Edmar Sganzerla.pdf: 16247252 bytes, checksum: 2a586b7329e98b4d5fcfd69172ad5046 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-24T18:16:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Edmar Sganzerla.pdf: 16247252 bytes, checksum: 2a586b7329e98b4d5fcfd69172ad5046 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-11-24 / The wine sector is responsible by 1% ofthe Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Rio Grande do Sul, being the state responsible by 90% of the brazilian production of wines, which market is growing. In the wine industry, around 25% of the processed amount of grape turn's into waste, mainly represented by grape skins, seeds and stems. This work had the objective of analyzing the nutritional characteristics of Vitis sp stem's and its improvement with Aspergillus niger T0005/007-2. It was checked that the solid state fermentation of those wastes using the filamentous fungus A. niger increases the crude protein content of grape waste, besides the caloric value risement, of carbohydrates, total dietary fiber, lipids and moisture. The increment of the carbohydrates 20 days afier the exposition to the fungus A. niger is a favorable facto r to the usage for animal food, because in this way, the formulation it can be added to a swine's feed complementation. The implementation of fungus A. niger, into stem's Vitis sp wastes seems promissing to the nutritional value agregation over wastes of grape production that are already being used into the feed of some animals. Based on these results, the grape's stem bioconversion using the solid state fermentation method could be an alternative at animal's feeding (sic).