Table 1.
Frequency distribution of EAIs of Aspergillus isolates from keratitis.
| Enzymes | Isolates | Enzyme activity indices (EAIs) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0–1.10 | 1.11–1.20 | 1.21–1.30 | 1.31–1.40 | 1.41–1.50 | 1.51–1.60 | 1.61–1.70 | 1.71–1.80 | 1.81–1.90 | 1.91–2.0 | ||
| DNase | A. flavus (n = 53) | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| A. fumigatus (n = 14) | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| A. terreus (n = 9) | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| A. tamarii (n = 6) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| A. niger (n = 3) | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Elastase | A. flavus (n = 53) | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| A. fumigatus (n = 14) | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | |
| A. terreus (n = 9) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | |
| A. tamarii (n = 6) | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| A. niger (n = 3) | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Protease | A. flavus (n = 53) | 7 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| A. fumigatus (n = 14) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | |
| A. terreus (n = 9) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| A. tamarii (n = 6) | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| A. niger (n = 3) | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Lipase | A. flavus (n = 53) | 6 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| A. fumigatus (n = 14) | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |
| A. terreus (n = 9) | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
| A. tamarii (n = 6) | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | |
| A. niger (n = 3) | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |