The Research on the Degradation of -carotene by The Penicillium 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 Penicillium Sp.. The fermenting product with fruit fragrance was obtained by the degradation of -carotene with the strain Penicillium Sp.. The samples smell good and the degradation of -carotene was measured.