Research ArticleAsian Journal of Biological and Life SciencesVol. 1 | Issue 2 | 2012 | pp. 83–89Open access
Evaluation of Colony Characteristics and Enzymatic Activity of some Fungi for Potential use in Co-culture for Bio Pulping
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- 1 Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara-390002, Gujarat, INDIA.
Published in Asian Journal of Biological and Life Sciences
Correspondence: Susy Albert
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara-390002, Gujarat, INDIA.
Email: drsusyalbert@rediffmail.com
Copyright: © 2012 Manuscript Technomedia. This is an open access article.
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- Sep 10, 2012
- Received:
- Jul 14, 2012
- Accepted:
- Aug 3, 2012
How to cite
Albert, S., Pandya, B., & Padhiar, A. (2012). Evaluation of Colony Characteristics and Enzymatic Activity of some Fungi for Potential use in Co-culture for Bio Pulping. Asian Journal of Biological and Life Sciences, 1(2), 83–89.
Abstract
The mycelial growth and colony characteristics of ten fungal isolates grown on Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) medium were observed after seven days of inoculation at 25 ± 10C. The colony characteristic features appeared to be typical and varied with the species which is presented in the present study. The ten fungal isolates have been screened for its ligninolytic; cellulolytic and xylanolytic activity. Results show 4 of the fungal isolates to be lignin degraders as well as xylanase producers indicating its potential applications in paper industry for bio-bleaching process. Three species of Pleurotus and Phellinus pectinatus are selective lignin degraders having its application in bio-pulping. The two species of Trichoderma are ligninolytic as well as cellulolytic and xylanolytic. Pleurotus sajorcaju showing ligninolytic and xylanolytic activity it was selected for co-culture experiments and found to be compatible with Daedaleopsis confragrosa and Phellinus pectinatus.
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Article metadata
| Title | Evaluation of Colony Characteristics and Enzymatic Activity of some Fungi for Potential use in Co-culture for Bio Pulping |
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| Authors | Susy Albert; Bhavika Pandya; Amee Padhiar |
| Affiliations | Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara-390002, Gujarat, INDIA. |
| Corresponding author | drsusyalbert@rediffmail.com |
| Journal | Asian Journal of Biological and Life Sciences |
| Volume / Issue | Vol. 1, Issue 2 (2012) |
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