KMID : 1160220070350010021
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Mycobiology 2007 Volume.35 No. 1 p.21 ~ p.24
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Comparison of Dyes for Easy Detection of Extracellular Cellulases in Fungi
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Yoon Ji-Hwan
Park Ji-Eun Suh Dong-Yeon Hong Seung-Beom Ko Seung-Ju Kim Seong-Hwan
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Abstract
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To evaluate which dye is effective in a plate assay for detecting extracellular cellulase activity produced by fungi, four chromogenic dyes including remazol brilliant blue, phenol red, congo red, and tryphan blue, were compared using chromagepic media. For the comparison, 19 fungal species belonging to three phyla, ascomycota, basidiomycota, and zygomycota were inoculated onto yeast nitrogen-based media containing different carbon substrates such as cellulose (carboxylmethyl and avicel types) and cellobiose labeled with each of the four dyes. Overall, the formation of clear zone on agar media resulting from the degradation of the substrates by the enzymes secreted from the test fungi was most apparent with media containing congo red. The detection frequency of cellulase activity was also most high on congo red-supplemented media. The results of this study showed that congo red is better dye than other three dyes in, a plate assay for, fungal enzyme detection.
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KEYWORD
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Cellulase, Chromogenic media, Congo red, ${\beta}$ ¼ö½Ä À̹ÌÁö-Glucosidase
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