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. 2020 Jun 4;15(6):e0229968. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229968

Table 1. Influence of nitrogen sources on the production of laccase in Aspergillus sp. HB_RZ4.

Organic nitrogen source Laccase production (UL-1) Specific activity (Umg-1) Times increase
In the absence of an inducer In the presence of an inducer
L-asparagine 2.55 1.225 30.4 4.79
Glutamic acid 3.96 1.949 32.7 4.92
Glycine 3.84 1.087 26.3 2.83
L-proline 1.58 3.968 78.3 2.51
Yeast extract 5.62 6.581 208.8 11.7
Peptone 4.12 3.951 78.9 9.37
Urea 1.36 4.174 18.5 2.32
NH4NO3 3.97 2.649 64.0 6.67
NaNO3 3.02 1.492 32.5 4.93
KNO3 1.69 2.080 11.2 1.23
NH4Cl 2.08 0.996 25.7 4.78
NH4H2PO4 3.09 1.277 31.6 4.13
(NH4)2SO4 2.15 0.9621 23.2 4.47

These figures represent the average of triplicates, with a standard deviation of 5%