JELENA VUKOJEVIĆ, MIRJANA STAJIĆ, SONJA DULETIĆ-LAUŠEVIĆ, and JASMINA SIMONIĆ

Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Abstract - The effect of initial medium pH on biomass, extracellular and intracellular polysaccharide, and ligninolytic enzyme production by Ganoderma lucidum was investigated at different pH values after 7 and 14 days of cultivation. Maximal production of biomass was recorded at pH 4.5 and 5.0; maximal production of extracellular polysaccharides at pH 7.0 and 3.0; and maximal production of intracellular polysaccharides at pH 7.0 and 5.5. Ligninolytic enzymes were not produced at any pH of the medium. Maximal biomass production was obtained on the 11th day of cultivation; maximal extracellular polysaccharide production on the 7th day; and maximal intracellular polysaccharide production on the 6th and 10th day of cultivation.