Abstract
In order to increase the productivity of cellulolytic enzymes, medium composition and culture conditions were studied. When cellulose powder (Avicel) supplemented with rice straw was used as carbon source, productivity of ${\beta}-glucosidase$ was increased by about 3 times compared with the runs with only cellulose powder as a carbon source. In this case no negative effects on the production of CMC enzyme activity and filter paper activity was found. For the production of celulolytic enzymes using T. reesei QM 9414, casitone was found to be a good nitrogen source compared with other sources studied, such as peptone, yeast extract, tryptone, and casein. The highest cellulase activity was attained when 0.3% glucose and 0.01% Tween 80 were supplemented to the standard medium of Rese. An adequate oxygen transfer rate was also found to be important to the cellulase fermentation and about 50 mmole of oxygen/liter/hour supported good cellulase biosynthesis during cellulase fermentation.