| Summary: | A laboratory scale study to evaluate the potentiality of filamentous fungi for the production of cellulolytic enzymes using palm oil mill effluent (POME)as a basal medium was initiated. A total of 25 filamentous
fungi in which 16 filamentous fungi were isolated and
purified from oil palm industrial residues and 9 strains from laboratory stock were screened using POME with 1% total
suspended solids. Trichoderma reesei RUT C-30 was
identified as a potential strain for cellulolytic enzyme
production as compared to other genera of Aspergillus,
Penicillum, Rhizopus, Phanerochaete, Trichoderma and
basidiomycete groups. The results showed that T. reesei
RUT C-30 gave the highest filter paper cellulase and carboxy
methyl cellulase activity of 0.917 and 2.51 U/ml
respectively at day 5 of fermentation. Other parameters
such as growth formation, pH, filterability and total biosolids were observed to evaluate the bioconversion process.
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