Tannase production by microorganisms such as bacteria
and fungi has been conducted under different culture
conditions to optimize the enzyme yield. The extracellular
tannase production by Aspergillus sp. GM4 was
4-fold higher than that observed for A. tamarii 3 in the
most optimal culture medium. Despite the higher enzymatic
production of A. japonicus 246A compared to Aspergillus
sp. GM4 in Adams medium, the latter was selected
for the optimization of tannase production. The A.
japonicus tannase is a well-characterized enzyme [19].
The influence of the medium composition on tannase
production was also verified for A. flavus cultivation