PGZyme

PGZyme combines a team of researchers performing basic and pre-industrial research on the production of pectinolytic enzymes by a GRAS certified, non-GMO microorganism, Aspergillus sojae, which holds great potential for pectinase production.

In order to obtain high yields of pectinase production, strain improvement and optimization of culture conditions is performed. The downstream process of technical and food enzymes represents a current technological bottleneck.

A suitable strategy will be developed to preserve the benefits obtained with the biosynthetic steps. Downstream processing will be designed and implemented in a cost-effective manner via novel fibrous adsorbents. The project is expected to deliver a pre-competitive technology which is based on a fungal platform employing A. sojae as a bio-factory.

Partners

Companies

ANTIBIÓTICOS S.A.
Member of the General Assembly: Dr. José Luis Barredo Fuente
Position: R&D Biology Manager
Tel. +34 (0)987-895826
Fax +34 (0)987-895986
León, Spain

BIOREACT GmbH
Member of the General Assembly: Dr. Jürgen Lenz
Position: General Manager
Tel. +49 (0)2241-854504
Fax +49 (0)2241-854503
Troisdorf, Germany

GUSERBIOT S.L.U.
Member of the General Assembly: Dr. Francisca Barbero Mangas
Position: Technical Manager
Tel. +34 (0)945-292700
Fax +34 (0)945-292919
Victoria, Spain

Research Institutions

IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Member of the General Assembly: Prof. Dr. Canan Balci Tari
Position: Professor of Food Engineering
Tel. +90 (0)232-7506316
Fax +90 (0)232-7506196
Urla, Izmir, Turkey

JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN gGmbH
Member of the General Assembly: Prof. Dr. Marcelo Fernández-Lahore
Position: Professor of Biochemical Engineering
Tel. +49 (0)421-2003229
Fax +49 (0)421-2003660
Bremen, Germany

For further information: Visit PGZyme Website