This Pdf comprises the information about the aspergillus fungi in a short descriptive manner and also its uses. Aspergillus fungi is also known to produce toxins.

2. DISCOVERY
• Aspergillus
oryzae was first
Isolated from koji by
H. Alborg in 1876.
REPRODUCTION
• Aspergillus oryzae
lacks the ability of
sexual reproduction.
SAFETY
• A. oryzae has no
record of producing
aflatoxin or any other
carcinogenic
metabolites.

3. .
 Aspergillus oryzae is also known as Kō𝑗𝑖 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑑.
 A.oryzae is isolated from soil and plants,
particularly Rice.
 It is a Multicellular,Aerobic,Filamentous fungus (a
mold) used in East Asia, Europe for making
fermented foods and Beverages.
 It is used in saccharification of (conversion of starch
to sugars) rice, sweet potato and barley.
 A.oryzae is a generous source of various secondary
metabolites which belong to different chemical
classes such as terpenoids,coumarins,oxylipins
and fatty acids.

4. ECOLOGICAL
SIGNIFICANCE
• PATHOGENIC
• THERMOPHILLIC
• AEROBIC

5. Commercial Uses of
Aspergillus oryzae
SOLID-SUBSTRATE
CULTIVATION
ENZYME
PRODUCTION

6. References:
https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Aspergillus_
oryzae
https://bioresourcesbioprocessing.springeropen.com/arti
cles/10.1186/s40643-021-00408-z
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-
biological-sciences/aspergillus-oryzae
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC257588
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