Aspergillus flavus var. Oryzae

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Aspergillus flavus var. Oryzae
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Aspergillus flavus var. Oryzae

Systematics
Subclass : Eurotiomycetidae
Order : Eurotiales
Family : Trichocomaceae
Genre : Watering can mold ( Aspergillus )
Type : Aspergillus flavus
Variety : Aspergillus flavus var. Oryzae
Scientific name
Aspergillus flavus var. Oryzae
( Ahlb. ) Kurtzman, Smiley, Robnett & Wicklow

Aspergillus flavus var. Oryzae ( Japanese scientifically:日本麹黴 Nihon Kōjikabi , trivial name :麹菌 kōjikin , dt "yeast fungus."; Chinese  麴霉菌  / 曲霉菌[麴菌/曲菌] , Pinyin qūmeíjūn [qūjūn] ; Korean : 누룩 곰팡이 , nurukgompangi ) is a mold ( watering can mold ) that plays a major role in Japanese cuisine. It is the most important of the kōji mushrooms.

He is used to soy in solid bioreactors to ferment and so miso and soy sauce to produce. Daitokuji-Nattō , a delicacy from Kyōto , is also made with soybeans inoculated with Aspergillus flavus var. Oryzae . Another use is the fermentation of rice , after which the mushroom is named, for sake , amazake and for mirin . Also in the Chinese and Korean cuisine is var A. flavus. Oryzae used.

A. flavus var. Oryzae is one of the major industrial sources for the production of α-amylases . He is one of those living things that are completely gene sequenced .

literature

  • Trevor Corson : The story of Sushi - An unlikely Saga of Raw Fish and Rice. Harper Perennial, New York 2008, ISBN 978-0-06-088351-5 .
  • Keith A. Powell, Annabel Renwick, John F. Peberdy: The Genus Aspergillus: From Taxonomy and Genetics to Industrial Application. Plenum Press, 1994, ISBN 978-0-306-44701-3 , p. 161.
  • William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi: History of Koji - Grains And / or Soybeans Enrobed with a Mold Culture (300 BCE To 2012). Soyinfo Center, 2012, ISBN 978-1-928914-45-7 .
  • Gustavo H. Goldman, Stephen A. Osmani: The Aspergilli: Genomics, Medical Aspects, Biotechnology, and Research Methods. Taylor & Francis, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8493-9080-7 , pp. 429-440.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ (ahlb.) Kurtzman, MJ Smiley, Robnett & Wicklow: DNA Relatedness Among Wild and Domesticated Species in the Aspergillus Flavus Group. In: Mycologia. 78 (6): 955–959, 1986, online (PDF; 326 kB), at pubag.nal.usda.gov, accessed on February 18, 2017.
  2. ^ Koji - history and process on nordicfoodlab.org, accessed on February 20, 2017.

Web links

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