- Title
- Improved endoglucanase production and mycelial biomass of some ericoid fungi
- Creator
- Adeoyo, Olusegun Richard
- Creator
- Pletschke, Brett I
- Creator
- Dames, Joanna F
- Date Issued
- 2017
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- article
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/61435
- Identifier
- vital:28026
- Identifier
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5209310/
- Description
- Fungal species associated with ericaceous plant roots produce a number of enzymes and other bio-active metabolites in order to enhance survival of their host plants in natural environments. This study focussed on endoglucanase production from root associated ericoid mycorrhizal and dark septate endophytic fungal isolates. Out of the five fungal isolates screened, Leohumicola sp. (ChemRU330/PPRI 13195) had the highest relative enzyme activity and was tested along with isolates belonging to Hyloscyphaceae (EdRU083/PPRI 17284) and Leotiomycetes (EdRU002/PPRI 17261) for endoglucanase production under different pH and nutritional conditions that included: carbon sources, nitrogen sources and metal ions, at an optimum temperature of 28 °C. An optimal of pH 5.0 produced enzyme activity of 3.99, 2.18 and 4.31 (U/mg protein) for isolates EdRU083, EdRU002 and Leohumicola sp. respectively. Increased enzyme activities and improved mycelial biomass production were obtained in the presence of supplements such as potassium, sodium, glucose, maltose, cellobiose, tryptone and peptone. While NaFe-EDTA and Co2+ inhibited enzyme activity. The potential role of these fungi as a source of novel enzymes is an ongoing objective of this study.
- Format
- 8 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- AMB Express
- Relation
- Adeoyo, O.R., Pletschke, B.I. and Dames, J.F., 2017. Improved endoglucanase production and mycelial biomass of some ericoid fungi. AMB Express, 7(1), p.15
- Relation
- AMB Express 7 vol. 1 no. 1 8 2017 2191-0855
- Rights
- AMB Express
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Dames, Joanna Felicity (Prof)
RU Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology
Pletschke, Brett (Prof)
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