Solid-state fermentation (SSF) has been
applied in the production of many fermented foods (1). Various fungi have been used in order to produce
amylolytic enzymes for starch degradation. Many fungal amylolytic enzymes are used to advantage in prebiotic oligosaccharide production. Isomalto oligosaccharides which are known as prebiotic branched-oligosaccharides have been synthesized from starch (2,3). The specific amylolytic enzyme, α–glucosidase, has been found to possess the activity of transglucosylation. This
enzyme can catalyse both the hydrolysis of α-D-gluco-