Invasive growth of Aspergillus oryzae in rice koji and increase of nuclear number

Abstract Background ‘Rice koji’ is a solid culture of Aspergillus oryzae on steamed rice grains. Multiple parallel fermentation, wherein saccharification of rice by A. oryzae and alcohol fermentation by the budding yeast occur simultaneously, leads to the formation of a variety of ingredients of Jap...

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Main Authors: Mizuki Yasui, Ken Oda, Shunsuke Masuo, Shuji Hosoda, Takuya Katayama, Jun-ichi Maruyama, Naoki Takaya, Norio Takeshita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:Fungal Biology and Biotechnology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40694-020-00099-9