Production of chitosan and chitin
AssigneeFood Industry Research and Development Institute
InventorsMei-Huei Chen, Hing-Yuen Chan, Chih-Lu Wu, Su-Hui Chuang, Ing-Er Hwang, Yen-Lin Chen, Gwo-Fang Yuan
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of producing chitin or chitosan by culturing a Rhizopus azygosporus fungus or an Actinomucor taiwanensis fungus and isolating chitosan or chitin from the culture.
Claims12
A method of producing chitosan or chitin, the method comprising culturing an Actinomucor taiwanensis fungus in a medium to form a culture, and isolating chitosan or chitin from the culture, wherein the medium comprises about 5 to 60 g/L corn steep liquor.
A method of producing chitosan or chitin, the method comprising culturing an Actinomucor taiwanensis fungus in a medium to form a culture, and isolating chitosan or chitin from the culture, wherein the medium comprises about 10-100 g/L glucose.
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