Rhizopus delemar was grown in a submerged culture and produced a lipas
e at 14 U/ml. It was compared with solid state fermentation with a pol
ymeric resin (Amberlite). The lipase was produced and simultaneously a
dsorbed on the support: 96 U/g initial dry matter were obtained when d
extrin was used as the carbon source against only 68 and 58 U/g for ma
ltose and glucose, respectively.