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Pectolytic moulds in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Fawole O.B.,
Odunfa S.A.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1992.tb00780.x
Subject(s) - pectinase , pectin lyase , pectin , rhizopus , pectate lyase , rhizopus oryzae , microbiology and biotechnology , fusarium solani , penicillium , biology , food science , chemistry , fermentation , enzyme , biochemistry
Eighty moulds isolated from decayed root tubers were screened for pectolytic activities. Of these 82.5% were pectolytic, 38.75% showed both polygalacturonase and pectin lyase activities, 21.5% showed polygalacturonase activity and 22.50% showed pectin lyase activity only. The aspergilli formed the largest group of pectolytic isolates. Other mould isolates with fairly high pectolytic activities include Absidia corymbifera, Cunninghamella elegans, Fusarium pallidoroseum, F. solani, Penicillium aurantiogriseum, P. brevicompactum and Rhizopus oryzae .