Effect of Carbon Source on the Hydrolytic Ability of the Enzyme from Fomitopsis pinicola for Lignocellulosic Biomass

Abstract

In this study, effect of carbon source on the hydrolytic ability of the enzyme from Fomitopsis pinicola, a brown rot fungi, for lignocellulosic biomass were examined on two lignocellulosic biomasses (rice straw and wood) without any pretreatment. Cellulase activities of crude enzyme from F. pinicola, which was cultured on softwood mixture as a carbon source, were 19.10 U/ for endo--1,4-gulcanase (EG), 36.1 U/ for -glucosidase (BGL), 7.27 U/ for cellobiohydrolase (CBH), and 7.12 U/ for -1,4 xylosidase (BXL). Softwood mixture as a carbon source in F. pinicola comparatively enhanced cellulase activities than rice straw. The optimal pH and temperature of the cellulase was identified to pH 5 and for the hydrolysis of rice straw. Under these condition rice straw was hydrolyzed to glucose by the cellulase up to based on the glucan amount of the rice straw for 72 h, while the hydrolytic capability of commercial enzyme (Celluclast 1.5) from rice straw to glucose was estimated to at the same experimental condition. In case of addition of Tween 20 (0.1% w/w, substrate) to the cellulase the hydrolysis of rice straw to glucose was enhanced to .