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. 2015 Mar 4;45(4):1485–1492. doi: 10.1590/s1517-83822014000400045

Table 4.

Effect of supplementation of substrates in Banana peels containing mineral salt medium on enzyme production (IU/mL/min) by the strain MS23 and MS105 as co-culture at 28 °C.

Substrate* Enzyme production (IU/mL)

Amylase Xylanase Pectinase# Endoglucanase β-glucosidase Filterpaperase
Control 0.2166 ± 0.186 0.335 ± 0.167 0.69 ± 0.12 0.748 ± 0.396 0.318 ± 0.184 8.35 ± 0.444
Xylan 0.424 ± 0.793 1.7 ± 0.151 16.5 ± 0.286 1.086 ± 0.793 1.46 ± 0.833 0.126 ± 0.16
Pectin 0.039 ± 0.686 1.06 ± 0.626 0.37 ± 0.196 1.5 ± 0.825 1.226 ± 0.65 0.0093 ± 0.012
Starch 0.225 ± 0.137 0.24 ± 0.864 0.29 ± 0.05 0.145 ± 0.12 0.103 ± 0.089 0.1133 ± 0.10
CMC 0.305 ± 0.300 0.586 ± 0.524 0.484 ± 0.352 0.97 ± 0.586 0.945 ± 0.549 0.1133 ± 0.123

[Data represent the average of three independent experiments; each enzyme productivity was observed in triplicate ± SD].

*

The substrates were added at 0.5% xylan, 1% pectin, 1% CMC and 0.5% starch separately.

#

The actual values of pectin will be obtained after multiplying it with 15.