TABLE 1.

Comparison of transparent zone and enzyme activity in chitosanase-producing strains.

Sample	Transparent zone diameter (D, cm)	Colony diameter (d, cm)	D/d	Chitosanase activity (U/ml)
C1	1.61	0.68	2.37 ± 0.11	3.844
C2	0.45	0.21	2.14 ± 0.08	1.612
C3	0.51	0.23	2.22 ± 0.15	1.452
C4	2.01	0.49	4.10 ± 0.12	6.235
C5	1.18	0.35	3.37 ± 0.05	3.010
C6	0.76	0.31	2.45 ± 0.07	2.373
C7	0.51	0.3	1.70 ± 0.09	1.299
C9	0.62	0.29	2.14 ± 0.10	1.901
C10	0.98	0.35	2.80 ± 0.12	2.447
C14	1.25	0.61	2.05 ± 0.13	1.710
C15	1.05	0.4	2.63 ± 0.06	2.091
C18	0.97	0.38	2.55 ± 0.18	2.566
C26	0.88	0.45	2.00 ± 0.05	1.940
C28	0.85	0.33	2.58 ± 0.15	2.543
C43	1.13	0.36	3.14 ± 0.11	2.632
C77	1.1	0.52	2.12 ± 0.12	2.296
C78	0.98	0.47	2.09 ± 0.09	2.195
C81	0.67	0.31	2.16 ± 0.07	2.070
C82	1.24	0.33	3.76 ± 0.12	3.899