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Cellulolytic activity of six fruit-rot fungiH. hawaiiense Bougn,A. tenuis Nees isolated from tomato fruits,H. spiciferum (Bain.) Nicot causing fruit-rot of snake gourd,Curvularia lunata (Wakker) Boed. inciting black rot of banana,Hendersonula toruloidea Nattrass isolated from decaying fruits of apples andPhomopsis mangiferae Ahmad from diseased fruits of mango are investigated for the activity of Cx and c1 enzymes. The fungi differ significantly in their enzyme activity. In general CMC supplemented media are more conducive for enzymatic activity, exceptP. mangiferae which shows maximum activity on Asthana and Hawker’s medium A. None of the organisms under study shows c1 activity.
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Laxminarayana, P., Reddy, S.M. Enzymatic studies on certain fruit-rot fungi—I. Production of cellulase in vitro and in vivo. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 87, 135–139 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03046965
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