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A number of wild-type isolates ofSclerotium rolfsii were screened for their capacity to produce lignocellulolytic enzymes when grown on a cellulose-based medium.S. rolfsii proved to be an efficient producer of hemicellulolytic enzymes under the conditions selected for this screening, although there was a great variability in enzyme activities formed by the different isolates. In addition to xylanase and mannanase, which were produced in remarkably high levels, a number of accessory enzymes, which are important for the complete degradation of substituted hemicelluloses and include a-arabinosidase, acetyl esterase, and a-galactosidase, are formed byS. rolfsii. Efficient production of xylanase and mannanase was achieved when cellulose-based media were used for growth. Under these conditions, enhanced levels of endoglucanase were formed as well. Formation of xylanase and mannanase could be more specifically induced when using xylan or mannan as growth substrates, although the enzyme activities thus obtained were significantly lower compared to cultivations on cellulose as main inducing substrate.
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Sachslehner, A., Haltrich, D., Nidetzky, B. et al. Production of Hemicellulose- and Cellulose-Degrading enzymes by various strains ofSclerotium Rolfsii . Appl Biochem Biotechnol 63, 189–201 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02920424
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