Abstract:
:The chitinolytic activity of Verticillium cfr. lecanii A3, a strain isolated from continental Antarctica, was compared to those of two selected strains of Trichoderma harzianum. After 72 h of incubation at 25 degrees C in media containing chitin as the sole carbon source, all strains showed the same enzyme activity (ca. 230 mU/ml); at 15 degrees C, the levels of enzyme activity of the three strains were similar to those obtained at 25 degrees C. At 5 degrees C, in contrast, the activity of V. lecanii was ca. 4 times higher than those of both strains of T. harzianum (203 and 57 mU/ml, respectively; incubation time 144 h). The chitinase of V. lecanii, purified by preparative isoelectric focusing and ion-exchange chromatography, was shown to be a glycoprotein with apparent molecular weight of 45 kDa and isoelectric point of 4.9. The enzyme was active over a broad range of temperatures (5-60 degrees C): at 5 degrees C, its relative activity was still 50% of that recorded at 40 degrees C (optimal temperature). V. lecanii and its purified chitinase showed clear inhibitory effects on the growth of some test moulds such as Mucor plumbeus, Cladosporium cladosporioides, Aspergillus versicolor and Penicillium verrucosum: observations under the light and scanning electron microscopes revealed that growth inhibition was accompanied by mycelial damage and cell lysis.
journal_name
Res Microbioljournal_title
Research in microbiologyauthors
Fenice M,Selbmann L,Di Giambattista R,Federici Fdoi
10.1016/s0923-2508(98)80304-5subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-04-01 00:00:00pages
289-300issue
4eissn
0923-2508issn
1769-7123pii
S0923-2508(98)80304-5journal_volume
149pub_type
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