Abstract:
Chitinolytic fungi were isolated from soil of natural forest Giam Siak Kecil-Bukit
Batu, Riau. That isolate was namely LBKURCC17, have identified as
Trichoderma sp. That isolate was cultured in the selective medium containing
chitin source for 9 days to produce chitinase. It was not observed that activity of
chitinase because the researh only identified specific fungi that have chitinase
activity.