Deparment of Botany, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad-431004
Production of pectolytic enzyme by storage fungi of 9 medicinal seeds was investigated. These fungi were Aspergillus carbonarius, A. flavus, A. niger, Cladosporium cladosporioides, Fusarium oxysporum, Penicillium corylophilum, Pythium indigoferae and Rhizopus oryzae. The fungi were cultivated on Glucose-Nitrate (GN) and Pectin-Nitrate (PN) liquid media. All culture filtrates exhibited macerating enzyme (ME) activity; indicating that the enzyme production was of constitutive nature.
Pectolytic enzyme, Medicinal seeds, Storage fungi
