Mold (Aspergillus) - Doctor of fermentation

In the mushroom family there is a doctor, which is a milestone.

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In many dishes, tofu is a favorite dish of many people. Tofu has a lot of protein, which is difficult to hydrolyze. The track with "martial free" secretes protein hydrolyzing enzymes, making tofu resolved into many amino acids, stimulating the taste, thus making us feel good to eat. Delicious tofu is thanks to the effect of the mold.

Mycelium of the mold has a diaphragm of a multicellular mold . Its colonies are colorful, creating different mold varieties called colony colors: yellow mold, red mold, areca flower mold . Chinese Zhou Dynasty, people used black mold to dye clothes. for the Queen. However, at that time people still did not know the name of this medicine, the less is known about colonies.

Precisely because mold has a piece of proteolysis, so far in food processing industry is the land of martial arts. people cook wine, make vinegar, make all kinds of soy sauce thanks to mold. Nowadays, the industry of processing organic acids and sugar used in animal feed must be mold-based.

However, in the family of mold also has a type of demolition, such as yellow mold in soybeans, peanuts contain toxins that cause cancer, making pets poisoned.

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