%0 Journal Article %A Rashid S S and Alam M Z and Karim M I A and Salleh and M H %D 2009 %J International Journal of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 36, 2009 %T Optimization of the Nutrient Supplients for Cellulase Production with the Basal Medium Palm Oil Mill Effluent %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/15518 %V 36 %X A statistical optimization was studied to design a media composition to produce optimum cellulolytic enzyme where palm oil mill effluent (POME) as a basal medium and filamentous fungus, Trichoderma reesei RUT-C30 were used in the liquid state bioconversion(LSB). 2% (w/v) total suspended solid, TSS, of the POME supplemented with 1% (w/v) cellulose, 0.5%(w/v) peptone and 0.02% (v/v) Tween 80 was estimated to produce the optimum CMCase activity of 18.53 U/ml through the statistical analysis followed by the faced centered central composite design(FCCCD). The probability values of cellulose (<0.0011) and peptone (0.0021) indicated the significant effect on the production of cellulase with the determination coefficient (R2) of 0.995. %P 568 - 574