Medium Growth Sporulation Aerial mycelium Substrate mycelium Yeast extract agar (ISP 2) Oat meal agar (ISP 3) Inorganic salt starch agar (ISP 4) Glycerol asparagines agar (ISP 5) Tyrosine agar ((ISP 7) Czapek's agar Starch casein agar Bennett's medium Hickey and Tresner medium Nutrient agar Abundant Good Abundant Abundant Good Moderate Abundant Good Good Poor Good Good Good Good Good Poor Good Good Good Poor Gray Dark gray Reddish olive Whitish gray Dark gray Light gray Gray Whitish gray Gray Gray Dark brown Reddish brown Brown Grayish brown Grayish brown Brownish red Brownish red Light brown Deep red brown

Table 3: Phenotypic characteristics of the hyper xylanolytic producer strain ESRAA-301097.