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No. of bitstreams: 5 ric.pdf: 5207435 bytes, checksum: f03a11b8bcdc89eef456751ccb1f74f2 (MD5) license_url: 52 bytes, checksum: 3d480ae6c91e310daba2020f8787d6f9 (MD5) license_text: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) license.txt: 2110 bytes, checksum: b4c884761e4c6c296ab2179d378436d4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-09-20 / A pesquisa b?sica e aplicada voltada para o conhecimento e produ??o de celulases e xilanases microbianas constituem-se em valorosa a??o para o desenvolvimento de produtos e processos biotecnol?gicos. Estas enzimas t?m sido utilizadas na ind?stria de alimentos, cervejarias, vin?colas, produ??o de ra??o, ind?stria t?xtil e fabrica??o de papel. A demanda por tais catalisadores tem crescido rapidamente, encorajada principalmente pela ind?stria de biocombust?veis, em especial para a produ??o de etanol de 2? Gera??o. Neste contexto, o objetivo deste trabalho foi produzir enzimas celulol?ticas e xilanol?ticas com o uso de fungos filamentosos de ocorr?ncia natural, utilizando res?duos s?lidos da cadeia produtiva do biodiesel como fontes de carbono. Tr?s linhagens de fungos filamentosos isoladas de amostras ambientais foram avaliadas para produ??o de celulases e xilanases. Como par?metro de compara??o, utilizou-se o Trichoderma reesei CCT2768, linhagem conhecida como produtora de celulases. Dentre as linhagens avaliadas, um isolado denominado Aspergillus sp AN1257 foi o que se destacou para a produ??o de enzimas celulol?ticas e xilanol?ticas, superando inclusive a produ??o de celulases por T. reesei nas mesmas condi??es fermentativas. A fonte de carbono que melhor induziu a produ??o das enzimas investigadas pelo Aspergillus sp AN1257 foi a torta de caro?o de algod?o. Em busca da condi??o ?tima para a produ??o das enzimas estudadas foi realizado um planejamento fatorial e posteriormente aplicado um delineamento composto central rotacional (DCCR). Ap?s a aplica??o das condi??es ?timas para a produ??o enzim?tica desejada, o extrato obtido apresentou valores de 3,12 U/mL para atividade endoglucan?sica e 76,4 U/mL para a atividade xilan?sica. O extrato enzim?tico produzido apresentou atividade promissora quando utilizado na hidr?lise de lignocelulose em alguns res?duos agroindustriais. / Disserta??o (Mestrado) ? Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Qu?mica, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 2012. / ABSTRACT The basic and applied research focused on the knowledge and production of microbial cellulases and xylanases constitute a valuable action for the development of biotechnology products and processes. These enzymes have been used in the food industry, breweries, wineries, feed production, textile and paper manufacturing. The demand for such catalysts has grown rapidly, encouraged mainly by the biofuels industry, in particular for the production of 2nd Generation ethanol. In this context, the aim of this work was to produce cellulolytic and xylanolytic enzymes using naturally occurring filamentous fungi and solid waste of the biodiesel productive chain as carbon source. Three strains of filamentous fungi isolated from ambient samples have been evaluated for production of cellulases and xylanases. As reference microbial strain, it was used Trichoderma reesei CCT2768, known a good producer of cellulases. Among the strains tested, an isolated named Aspergillus sp AN1257 stood out for the production of cellulolytic and xylanolytic activity, surpassing even the production of cellulases by T. reesei under the same fermentation conditions. The carbon source which better induced the production of the investigated enzymes by Aspergillus sp AN1257 was cottonseed cake. In search of the optimum condition for the production of the investigated enzymes it was performed a factorial design and then it was applied a rotational central composite design (RCCD). After application of optimal condiction for enzyme production, the extract obtained showed values ??of 3.12 U/mL for endoglucanasic activity and 76.4 U/mL for xylanolytic activity. The enzyme extract produced showed promising application when used in the hydrolysis of lignocellulose in some agro-industrial residues.