“…The mycelial culture of mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus was grown at 28 ± 1 °C for 5 days in a medium containing 1% glucose, 1% malt extract, 10% potato extract, and 0.15 % KH 2 PO 4 after inoculation with small mycelial pieces of the fungus. The enzyme production medium contained (g l −1 ) NH 4 H 2 PO 4 – 24, MgSO 4 .7H 2 O– 0.5, CaCl 2 .2H 2 O– 0.37, H 3 PO 4 – 0.57, FeSO 4 .7H 2 O– 0.25, MnCl 2 – 0.032, NaMoO 4 – 0.032, KH 2 PO 4 – 1.5 [ 7 ] in combination with a carbon source at 20 g l −1 . Mycelial pellets were then transferred aseptically to a 250 ml of polypropylene flask containing two 1-cm diameter glass beads and crushed to form a slurry mixture by shaking for 2 h. For submerged fermentation (smf), 0.4 gl −1 inoculums were added to a 50 ml enzyme production medium in a 250-ml Erlenmeyer flask, while for solid-state fermentation (ssf), the same quantity of inoculum was added to polyurethane foam (PUF) cubes of 1 g, absorbed with 50 ml of enzyme production medium in a 250-ml Erlenmeyer flask [ 8 ].…”