of 289 fungi and actinomycetes tested, only 20 were found to produce hish yields proteolytic enzymes when grown in submerged culture. Strains if Gl.toclddtum roseum and Alternaria lenuis were found to-be consistently proteo- lvtic, and other.good strains were arso found il the generi ciieiiiiiiisiiiirn, Epicoccum, Rhizoctonio, and Streptomyces,