Figure 4

Dehydrogenase, extracellular glycosyl hydrolase and phenoloxidases activities in myco-augmented microcosms and respective controls. Dehydrogenase (A), extracellular glycosyl hydrolase (B-D) and phenoloxidase (E-F) activities at start and after 30 and 60 d of incubation at 28°C in the incubation control and Lentinus tigrinus microcosms in the absence (i.e., ICM and Lt M respectively) and in the presence of 2.5% (w/w) soybean oil (i.e., ICSOM and Lt SOM). A, dehydrogenase; B, endo-β-1,4-glucanase; C, endo-β-1,4-xylanase; D, cellobiohydrolase; E, manganese-peroxidase; F, laccase. Data are means ± standard deviations of two replicated experiments. Multiple pair-wise comparisons were performed by the Tukey test (P < 0.05). Same lower case and upper case letters denote absence of statistical significance between time-dependent changes within the same treatment and between treatments at the same time, respectively.