Biochemical techniques for filamentous fungi.

Culture based tests culture and inoculation methods pigment enhancing media growth with inhibitory compounds carbon and nitrogen source assimiliation enzymatic activity on solid media enzymatic activity of fungal extracts and broths miscellaneous tests molecular biology methods protein electrophoresis DNA molecular biology chromatographic methods thin layer Chromatography of secondary metabolites high performance liquid chromatography UVNIS spectroscopy isolation and purification of secondary metabolites assessing biological activity.