No. Strain name Place of isolation Guaiacol response and brick red colour intensity Tannic acid response and brown colour intensity ABTS response and violet colour intensity Syringaldazine responseand green colour intensity 1 PY-1 Pondicherry +++ +++ +++ +++ 2 PY-2 Pondicherry +++ +++ +++ +++ 3 PY-3 Pondicherry +++ +++ +++ +++ 4 PY-4 Pondicherry +++ +++ +++ +++ 5 PY-5 Pondicherry ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ 6 AN-1 Andul (W.B) +++ +++ +++ +++ 7 AN-2 Andul (W.B) ++ ++ ++ ++ 8 AN-3 Andul (W.B) ++ ++ ++ ++ 9 MD-1 MKU(T.N) ++ ++ ++ ++ 10 MD-2 MKU(T.N) + + + + 11 KN-1 Kanpur(U.P) ++ ++ ++ ++ 12 KN-2 Kanpur(U.P) + + + + 13 KGP-1 Kharagpur(W.B) + + + + 14 KGP-2 Kharagpur(W.B) + + + + 15 BU-1 Burdwan (W.B) +++ +++ +++ +++

Colour intensity (++++-very good, +++-good, ++-light, +-very fent)

Table 2: Shows the colour intensity due to laccase production in presence of different substrate.