Aim of the present work was to study the species composition of fungi found in some thermal springs of Azerbaijan, and to evaluate them according to their activity of hydrolytic enzymes. This study shows that in the formation of mycobiota of thermal water sources of Azerbaijan, located in Greater Caucasus, takes part 22 species of fungi, of which belongs to the division of Ascomycota, the others belongs to the division of Zygomycota. However, the mycobiots of individual thermal water sources are characterized by specific communities that differ in both quantitative and qualitative aspects, upon detection of which the main role is played the temperature and pH of sources. Many enzymes from micromycetes and macromycetes are characterized by relatively low thermostability, which is typical of enzymes synthesized for most of the mushrooms isolated from the thermal sources of Azerbaijan. However, the enzymes synthesized by the fungi Humicola lanuginosa, Mucor corymbifer and Mucor pusillus open up new perspectives for the use of their enzymes in various biotechnological processes, especially in the bioconversion of plant waste because, their enzymes systems are balanced by the activity of all enzymes catalyzing the main polymers that including in the composition of plant waste. | Enzymatic activity of Mikromycetes isolated from thermal water sources of Azerbaijan
