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Cellulase activity of Polyporus betulinus
Author(s) -
BELL M. K.,
BURNETT J. H.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1966.tb05077.x
Subject(s) - cellulase , polyporus , cellulose , biology , mating type , mating , botany , food science , biochemistry , ecology , gene
SUMMARY Methods are described for isolating and crossing monocaryons of P. betulinus and of determining their cellulase activity by observing changes in viscosity of a carboxy‐methyl cellulose preparation. Cellulase activity, so measured, is not correlated with growth rate in the presence or absence of cellulose. Cellulase activity is almost certainly controlled polygenically and is inherited independently of mating type.