Research Article

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

Table 6

Laccase activity, fungal biomass, and protein content with different concentrations of fructose and ammonium sulfate.

Fructose (%)Laccase
(U/L)
Biomass
(mg/50 mL)
Protein
(µg/mL)
Ammonium
sulfate (%)
Laccase
(U/L)
Biomass
(mg/50 mL)
Protein
(µg/mL)

Control248.0 ± 6.522.4 ± 6.831.6 ± 4.0Control260.0 ± 8.926.1 ± 4.422.3 ± 4.9
0.2 (1 : 1)335.0 ± 14.328.7 ± 1.545.2 ± 6.60.2 (1 : 1)344.0 ± 14.129.6 ± 4.538.3 ± 8.5
0.4 (2 : 1)435.0 ± 35.531.8 ± 3.665.3 ± 8.70.4 (1 : 2)194.0 ± 23.627.2 ± 4.433.6 ± 7.7
0.6 (3 : 1)374.0 ± 31.234.3 ± 4.069.6 ± 4.50.6 (1 : 3)154.0 ± 4.725.5 ± 2.232.3 ± 3.7
0.8 (4 : 1)336.0 ± 11.836.5 ± 3.484.3 ± 10.00.8 (1 : 4)133.0 ± 7.124.6 ± 5.030.6 ± 3.5
1.0 (5 : 1)310.0 ± 9.437.3 ± 4.5108.6 ± 13.31.0 (1 : 5)130.0 ± 3.325.8 ± 4.926.0 ± 4.3

Values given in parentheses depict the carbon/nitrogen ratio; values are mean ± SD ( ).