5. Conclusion
A pellet forming fungal isolate A. awamori MTCC 9166 showed
good polygalacturonase production. Optimum fermentation conditions
for pellet formation and maximum polygalacturonase
production were pH of 5.5, temperature 28 1C, agitation speed of
200 rpm and inoculum size of 1 106 spores/ml. The present
study is significant for fungal polygalacturonase producer with
pellet morphology, which is an important character in industrial
product recovery