TABLE 4.

Enzymatic activities of the studied yeasts.

Target substrate	Enzyme (endo, or exolytic)	Enzyme activities [mU]
		Cryptococcus sp. CCF 6641	K. molischiana CCF 6642	N. ambrosiae CCF 6643	O. ramenticola CCF 6644	W. bisporus CCF 6645	T. viride CCF 4516
Cellulose	endo-1,4-β-D-glucanase	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3
	Cellobiohydrolase	0.1	239.0	44.9	1.2	0.2	326.0
	β-glucosidase	14.3	493.7	352.2	50.9	111.1	358.9
Hemicellulose	endo-1,4-β-D-xylanase	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.5
	β-xylosidase	2.8	504.0	11.5	8.8	7.7	148.8
Pectin	endo-1,4-β-D-mannanase	1.5	1.0	0.6	1.2	1.0	0.5
	endo-1,5-α-L-arabinanase	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	β-galactosidase	0.0	2.4	17.5	0.0	1.1	306.3
	β-mannosidase	0.0	12.7	15.4	8.6	0.1	10.0
	α-glucuronidase	0.0	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.6	431.1
Starch	α-amylase	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Pullulanase	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lignin	Laccase	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Proteins	endo-protease	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3
Chitin	Chitinase	0.0	1.3	0.0	1.1	0.5	99.1
Phosphate monoester	Acid phosphomonoesterase	0.0	3.3	221.5	0.0	1.0	202.2
Triglycerides	Lipase	11.7	4.5	507.9	2.0	224.8	209.7

Trichoderma viride was used as a positive control for cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin, proteins, chitin and lipids.