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. 2011 Jul 19;1:20. doi: 10.1186/2191-0855-1-20

Table 3.

Production and distribution of inulinase in static batch cultures of K. marxianus DMKU 3-1042 in YP medium with 2% various carbon substrates

Medium Temperature (°C) Total inulinase activity (U mg of cell dry wt-1)a Inulinase activity (U mg of cell dry wt-1)a

Supernatant (%) Cell (%)
YPD 30 600 310 (52) 290 (48)
45 1140 880 (77) 260 (23)
YPSuc 30 650 310 (48) 340 (52)
45 1290 1000 (78) 290 (22)
YPInu 30 1920 1000 (52) 920 (48)
45 1390 820 (59) 570 (41)
YPDSuc 30 640 410 (64) 230 (36)
45 1570 1300(83) 270 (17)
YPDInu 30 590 320 (54) 270 (46)
45 1230 960 (78) 270 (22)

a Enzyme activities were measured with sucrose as substrate with samples taken at 6 h from static batch cultures as described in Materials and methods

Values are average from two independent experiments