Agave Leaves as a Substrate for the Production of Cellulases by Penicillium sp. and the Obtainment of Reducing Sugars

Table 2

Comparison of cellulase production by Penicillium sp. with other microorganisms under SSF.

Enzyme	Microorganism	Carbon source	Activity (U/g)	Reference
Endoglucanase	Penicillium citrinum MTSS 6489	Wheat bran	7.56	[29]
		Rice bran	10.2
		Rice straw	3.72
	Fomitopsis sp. RCK2010	Wheat bran	71.70	[24]
	Aspergillus niger	Soybean meal	35.10	[30]
	A. nidulans AKB25	Black gram	152.14	[28]
	P. citrinum CBMAI 1186	Wheat bran	1.93	[31]
	Penicillium sp.	A. salmiana	14.4	Present work
Exoglucanase	P. citrinum MTSS 6489	Wheat bran	6.88	[29]
		Rice bran	2.56
		Rice straw	4.56
	Fomitopsis sp. RCK2010	Wheat bran	3.49	[24]
	A. niger	Soybean meal	0.55	[30]
	A. nidulans AKB25	Black gram	3.42	[28]
	P. citrinum CBMAI 1186	Wheat bran	1.33	[31]
	Penicillium sp.	A. salmiana	3.50	Present work
β-glucosidase	Fomitopsis sp. RCK2010	Wheat bran	53.68	[24]
	A. nidulans AKB25	Black gram	35.11	[28]
	P. citrinum CBMAI 1186	Wheat bran	0.22	[31]
	Penicillium sp.	A. salmiana	4.14	Present work