T. inhamatum was deposited in the Environmental Studies Center
Collection, CEA/UNESP, Brazil. The fungal strain was maintained
on Vogel solid medium slants [22] with 1.5% (w/v) wheat bran, at
4°C and cultured periodically. The cultures were inoculated in the same
medium with 1.5% (w/v) glucose and incubated for conidia production
during 7 days at 28°C. Conidia were harvested, suspended in sterile
distilled water and the concentration of the suspension was adjusted to
107 conidia milliliter-1. One milliliter of this suspension was inoculated
into Vogel liquid medium pH 6.0 with 1% (w/v) oat spelts xylan as sole
carbon source for enzyme production. Cultures were maintained in
orbital shaker (120 rpm) at 25°C for 60 h [21]. After cultivation,
mycelium was removed by vacuum filtration and the crude culture
filtratewas used as source of enzymes.