Research Article

Diversity and Enzymatic Profiling of Halotolerant Micromycetes from Sebkha El Melah, a Saharan Salt Flat in Southern Tunisia

Table 4

Enzymes activities of fungal isolates in the presence of 10% NaCl.

Strain codeStrainProteaseAmylaseCellulaseLipaseLaccase

JA1Penicillium  chrysogenum +++
JA3Penicillium  chrysogenum ++
JA22Penicillium  chrysogenum ++
AJ5Penicillium canescens +
JA15Penicillium sp. +
JA8Cladosporium halotolerans ++
JA2Cladosporium  sphaerospermum +++++
JA13Cladosporium sphaerospermum ++
JA14Cladosporium cladosporioides ++
JA18Cladosporium cladosporioides
JA4Aspergillus flavus ++
JA10Aspergillus fumigatus
JA11Aspergillus fumigatiaffinis
JA19Alternaria alternata
JA20Alternaria alternata +
JA23Alternaria alternata
JA6Alternaria tenuissima +
JA9Embellisia phragmospora
JA12Ulocladium consortiale
JA17Ulocladium sp.
JA7Engyodontium album ++++

AR: activity ratio = (⌀ activity/⌀ colony). −: no activity; +: AR < 1; ++: 1 < AR < 2; +++: 2 < AR < 3.