Table 1B.

Characteristic properties of A. malaysianum cultures: Mycelia from exponential phase of A. malaysianum (approximately after 24 h) were washed and transferred into either glucose containing 2-deoxy D-glucose or cellobiose containing 2-deoxyglucose or in minimal medium containing just cellobiose.

Property	Glucose +2-DG	Cellobiose +2-DG	Cellobiose control
Carbon content(g/l)	10±0.001	10±0.001	10±0.001
β-glucosidase (U/ml)	2±0.3	14±1.23	4±0.5
β,1,3 glucanase (U/ml)	0.2±0.02	1.78±0.05	0.5±0.23
Radical scavenging activity	2.5±0.001	8.1±0.001	3.5±0.11
Superoxide content	0.025±0.01	0.066±0.01	0.047±0.35
Change in Dry Cell Mass (g/l)	0.5±0.33	1.5±0.5	3.0±1.2
Ph	5±0.001	4.5±0.002	5±0.01
Chitinase (U/ml)	0.4±0.2	1.75±0.7	0.39±0.43
Endoglucanase (U/ml)	0.22±0.01	4±0.22	1.3±0.1
Hyphae fragmentation	no	yes	no
Pigment formation	no	yes	no

Mean ± SD values calculated from five independent experiments are presented.