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Item Evaluation of keratinolytic potential of some fungal isolates from gelatin factory campus.(1992-02-01) Malviya, H K; Parwekar, S; Rajak, R C; Hasija, S KDuring hair degradation, majority of organic sulphur was oxidized to inorganic sulphate and thiosulphate by four fungal isolates (Cylindrocarpon lichenicola, Graphium cuneiferum, Microsporum gypseum, and M. fulvum) from gelatin factory soil. Inorganic thiosulphate, an unusual metabolite, was regularly detected in the culture filtrates of all fungi, although in less amounts. Maximum quantity (44 micrograms/ml) was released by G. cuneiferum on 50th day of incubation. All four fungi showed significant extracellular keratinase activity on human hair. Sulphydryl compounds were present in low amounts throughout the experiment. Detection of inorganic sulphate and thiosulphate with significant release of total protein and keratinase and changes in alkalinity, established the role of sulphitolysis and peptidolysis during keratin biodegradation by fungi which ultimately results in complete keratin degradation.Item Transformation system of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae using nitrate reductase gene of Aspergillus nidulans.(2001-07-22) Sandhu, S S; Kinghorn, J R; Rajak, R C; Unkles, S EAn heterologous transformation system for entomopathogenic fungi B. bassiana and M. anisopliae was developed based on the use of A. nidulans nitrate reductase gene (niaD). B. bassiana and M. anisopliae niaD stable mutants were selected by treatment of protoplast with ethane methane sulphonate (EMS) and regenerated on chlorate medium. The cloned gene was capable of transforming B. bassiana and M. anisopliae at a frequency of 5.8 to 20 transformants per microg of DNA. Most of them were mitotically stable.