Plate assay for fungal enzymes using cellophane membranes |
| |
Authors: | Shu-Ying Liu Chaur-Tsuen Lo Kou-Cheng Peng |
| |
Institution: | a Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Da-Yeh University, Changhua 51591, Taiwan b Department of Biotechnology, National Formosa University, Yunlin 63208, Taiwan c Department of Life Science and Institute of Biotechnology, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien 97401, Taiwan |
| |
Abstract: | Fungal mycelia mass and pigments are major obstacles to investigating the secretion of bioactive substances such as enzyme activities using a plate assay. In this study, we applied a cellophane membrane and demonstrated that it can block mycelia mass and conidia (especially pigmented spores that would likely interfere with any subsequent color development-based activity detection) while allowing secreting enzymes to pass through. Visual observation after lifting the cellophane membrane and the collected mycelia and conidia indicated that the bioactivities on specific plates were improved significantly, although some fungal growth hurdle was noted. This proved to be true whether the assays were color development based or not. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录! |
|