Enhanced Production of Ligninolytic Enzymes by a Mushroom Stereum ostrea

Table 1

Effect of different inducers on ligninolytic enzyme production.

Inducers	Enzymes; U/g of dry substrate	Incubation period in days
		II	IV	VI	VIII	X	XII
Gallic acid (0.02%)	Lcc	492^d	957^b	15,655^e	18,365^f	6,182^d	3066^c
	MnP	126^b	384^b	2,164^d	4,586^f	2,264^e	1,062^c
	LiP	15.3^a	36.3^b	49.5^c	159.0^f	118.8^e	52.3^d
Tannic acid (0.05%)	Lcc	400^b	858^b	10,870^e	12,152^f	4,432^d	1,130^c
	MnP	93^a	260^b	1,365^d	3,563^f	1,561^e	462^c
	LiP	10.8^a	20.9^b	143.2^d	205.4^e	55.3^c	21.1^b
Guaiacol (0.02%)	Lcc	599^e	1,571^b	19,895^e	29,583^f	9,238^d	1,828^c
	MnP	182^d	343^b	3,961^e	5,984^f	2,982^d	982^c
	LiP	11.8^a	46.2^b	65.1^c	189.1^e	223.9^f	119.8^d
Veratryl alcohol (0.02%)	Lcc	562^a	2,578^b	21,565^e	32,675^f	12,190^d	1,212^c
	MnP	133^bc	390^b	3,183^e	6,273^f	2,164^d	563^c
	LiP	12.0^a	40.5^b	179.5^e	309.7^f	155.8^d	49.8^c
Lignin (0.1%)	Lcc	462^c	1,096^b	8,401^e	10,355^f	3,397^d	1,158^c
	MnP	119^ab	315^b	1,292^d	3,180^f	1,385^e	655^c
	LiP	13.2^a	42.2^c	152.3^d	318.7^e	43.4^c	39.2^b
Lignosulfonic acid (0.1%)	Lcc	400^b	984^b	8,930^e	10,186^f	3,954^d	1,074^c
	MnP	109^a	297^b	2,256^c	5,861^e	2,952^d	287^b
	LiP	12.4^a	31.6^b	122.8^e	198.4^f	69.1^d	42.9^c
Control	Lcc	287^a	1,138^b	10,152^d	13,735^e	17,153^f	3,941^c
	MnP	99^a	287^b	1,961^c	2,986^d	4,161^f	2,162^e
	LiP	12.5^a	37.2^b	56.7^c	95.3^d	211.2^e	212.8^f

Values are the means of duplicates.
Means, in each column, followed by same letter are not significantly different () from each other according to DMR test.