[Endoglucanase induction in Nectria catalinenesis with various carbon sources]

The effect of different carbon sources on endoglucanase synthesis in Nectria catalinensis was investigated. Many different kinds of sugars (mono, di and polysaccharides) were added to the culture in order to investigate their effect on endoglucanase induction. The highest yield of cellulase was achieved with microcrystalline cellulose as the carbon source but the best inducer was CMC-Na because a very poor biomass amount was capable of producing the second yield of endoglucanase. On the other hand, glucose and cellobiose gave the highest yields of biomass.