Table 4.

Changes in the activities of extracellular keratinase (KA) (U. cm⁻³ of the post-culture liquid) and protease (PA) (µg of tyrosine. cm⁻³ of the post-culture liquid) in the cultures of Chrysosporium strains; values means of three replicates ± standard deviation

Times of analyses (days)	Strains of fungi					Means for time
	1	2	3	4	5
Keratinase activity (KA)
7	1.29aA	0.98aA	0.95aA	1.58aA	1.5aAB	1.26a
	±0.09	±0.19	±0.36	±0.68	±0.29
14	1.96aB	2.15aA	2.15aC	1.70aA	2.59aC	2.11b
	±0.68	±0.24	±0.42	±0.15	±0.49
21	1.08aA	1.98bA	1.25aAB	1.62abA	1.58abAB	1.50ab
	±0.15	±0.20	±0.43	±0.39	±0.5
28	1.06aA	1.25aA	1.21aAB	1.10aA	0.97aA	1.11a
	±0.01	±0.48	±0.20	±0.25	±0.22
35	1.62aAB	1.70aA	1.78aBC	1.51aA	2.07aBC	1.73ab
	±0.13	±0.47	±0.22	±0.17	±0.16
42	6.23abC	7.21bB	4.75aD	4.99aB	5.14aD	5.66c
	±0.16	±0.143	±0.54	±0.26	±0.11
Means for experimental treatment	2.20A	2.54A	2.01A	2.08A	2.31A
Protease activity (PA)
7	123.59aAC	139.56aD	168.41aBC	245.55bC	159.16aBC	167.26b
	±47.35	±12.82	±12.72	±4.59	±24.34
14	115.16aAC	127.58aCD	121.07aAB	264.04bC	241.71bD	173.91b
	±24.41	±5.62	±3.26	±9.80	±6.94
21	75.22aAB	102.36aAB	109.16aA	175.51bB	161.90bC	124.83ab
	±11.33	±8.04	±15.84	±19.96	±20.29
28	48.29aA	57.98abE	80.39bA	132.54cA	12.11cA	88.26a
	±5.89	±2.63	±15.68	±16.16	±0.82
35	92.23aAB	84.24aA	89.93aA	119.30bA	130.0bAB	103.14a
	±13.63	±4.35	±18.27	±8.81	±11.03
42	158.13abC	110.05aBC	180.61bC	164.56abB	119.37aA	146.55ab
	±14.54	±13.49	±48.33	±17.90	±2.27
Means for experimental treatment	102.10A	103.63A	124.93A	183.58B	155.71B

Explanations as for Table 3