Aroma-producing of -carotene Degraded by the Fusarium Sp.

Abstract

The fungal strain which could degrade -carotene was isolated and screened from the samples of tobacco collected from Yunnan Honghe. The strain was classified and identified with morphology of strain and ITS sequence analysis. The preliminary identification showed that the strain was Fusarium Sp.. The fermenting product with fruit fragrance was obtained by the degradation of -carotene with the strain Fusarium Sp.. The samples smell good and the degradation of -carotene was measured.