Laccase Production from a Temperature and pH Tolerant Fungal Strain of Trametes hirsuta (MTCC 11397)

Table 1

Morphological and molecular characteristics of the fungus (GBPI-CDF-03).

Character	Description
Colony morphology; (on PD agar)	White cottony mass with no exudation or pigmentation
Microscopic features	Thread like mycelium with septa showing the characteristic feature of upper fungi
Growth characters	Temperature requirement between 4 and 48°C (optimum 25°C), pH requirement between 3 and 13 (optimum 5–7)
Phylogenetic relationship; (ITS region analysis); Culture accession no.; Nucleotide sequence accession no.	Maximum similarity (100%) with Trametes hirsuta (JF439511); MTCC 11397; JX910367