Cellulolytic enzymes from an edible mushroom, pleurotus sajor-caju

✍ Scribed by Mira Madan; Ragini Bisaria

• Book ID: 104634169
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1983
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 185 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0141-5492
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00130840

✦ Synopsis

Pleurotus sajor-caju, an edible mushroom, elaborated both cellulase and xylanase activities on cellulose medium. The optimal initial pH for cellulase production was 5.0. The pH and temperature optima for cellulase activity were 5.0 and 45°C respectively. The maximum cellulolytic activity obtained in shake flask on cellulose medium was attained in 6 -8 days. Cellulase activity (FPA) produced on the mushroom bed remained more or less constant during the first 20 days of fruit body formation at 0.24 IU/g cellulosic bed material.