THE PROTEOLYTIC ENZYMES OF MICROORGANISMS: I. SURVEY OF FUNGI AND ACTINOMYCETES FOR PROTEASE PRODUCTION IN SUBMERGED CULTURE

Abstract

Of 289 fungi and actinomycetes tested, only 20 were found to produce high yields of proteolytic enzymes when grown in submerged culture. Strains of Gliocladium roseum and Alternaria tenuis were found to be consistently proteolytic, and other good strains were also found in the genera Chaetomium, Sordaria, Epicoccum, Rhizoctonia, and Streptomyces.