Table 1.

Cellulases production potential of microbial strains by utilizing plant residues as carbon sources

Microorganisms	Carbon sources	Yield	References
Aspergillus niger	Corn stover	6.28 U/mL	Xue et al. (2020)
Rhizopus oryzae UC2	Oil palm frond leaves	CMCase 94.68 U/g, FPase 25.46 U/g, β-glucosidase 145.47 U/g	Ezeilo et al. (2019b)
Trichoderma asperellum UC1	Raw oil palm frond leaves	CMCase 136.16 IU/g, FPase 26.03 U/g, β-glucosidase 130.09 IU/g, xylanase activity 255.01 U/g	Ezeilo et al. (2019a)
Trichoderma harzianum	Rice straw	Cellulase 12.7 U/g, xylanase 110.7 U/g	Syuan et al. (2018)
Trichoderma harzianum	Domestic wastewater	FPase 5.4 U/mL, CMCase 8.2 U/mL	Libardi et al. (2017)
Cellulomonas uda NCIM 2353	Waste date seeds	175.96 IU/mL	Swathy et al. (2019)
A. thermoaerophilus, B. borstelensis	Sugarcane bagasse	22.18 and 33.3 IU/mL of endoglucanase	Ejaz et al. (2020)
Aspergillus japonicus URM5620	Passiflora edulis peel waste	Total cellulase FPase (1.2 U/mL) endoglucanase CMCase 1.7 U/mL	Silva et al. (2019)
Bacillus velezensis ASN1	Waste office paper	2.42 U/mL	Nair et al. (2018)
Trichoderma reesei	Duckweed (Lemna minor)	6.5 FPU/mL	Li et al. (2019)
Trichoderma reesei NCIM 1186, Penicillium citrinum NCIM 768	Wheat bran	6.71 FPU/gds	Lodha et al. (2020)