Aims: To develop solid-state fermentation system (SSF) for hyper production of tylosin from a mutant gamma-1 of Streptomyces fradiae NRRL-2702 and its parent strain.
Methods and results: Various agro-industrial wastes were screened to study their effect on tylosin production in SSF. Wheat bran as solid substrate gave the highest production of 2500 microg of tylosin g(-1) substrate by mutant gamma-1 against parent strain (300 microg tylosin g(-1) substrate). The tylosin yield was further improved to 4500 microg g(-1) substrate [70% moisture, 10% inoculum (v/w), pH 9.2, 30 degrees C, supplemental lactose and sodium glutamate on day 9]. Wild-type strain displayed less production of tylosin (655 microg of tylosin g(-1) substrate) in SSF even after optimization of process parameters.
Conclusion: The study has shown that solid-state fermentation system significantly enhanced the tylosin yield by mutant gamma-1.
Significance and impact of the study: This study proved to be very useful and resulted in 6.87 +/- 0.30-fold increase in tylosin yield by this mutant when compared to that of wild-type strain.