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Table 3.

Total cellulase enzyme production by fungal endophytic isolates on days 3, 6 and 9 of incubation.

Fungi	Day 3 Enzyme Units (IU/mL)	Day 6 Enzyme Units (IU/mL)	Day 9 Enzyme Units (IU/mL)
C. boidinii	9.25 ± 0.03^c	6.7 ± 0.27^de	5.63 ± 0.61^de
C. stellimalicola	15.9 ± 0.28^a	15.0 ± 0.38^a	19.8 ± 0.31^a
G. candidum	12.9 ± 0.22^b	18.9 ± 0.23^b	11.6 ± 0.07^b
Clad. cladosporioides	5.08 ± 0.02f.	6.24 ± 0.2^de	5.61 ± 0.17^de
Col. gloeosporioides	14.9 ± 0.45^a	5.29 ± 0.11^e	5.64 ± 0.09^c
Col. fructicola	6.52 ± 0.13^e	5.67 ± 0.34^de	8.46 ± 0.28^c
F. luffae	6.78 ± 0.38^de	6.01 ± 0.59^de	3.65 ± 0.31f.
T. lixii	7.93 ± 0.05^d	6.57 ± 0.42^de	6.38 ± 0.21^de
Penicillium sp.	10.3 ± 0.19^c	8.77 ± 0.48^c	6.82 ± 0.24^d
Penicillium sp.	10.0 ± 0.11^c	7.32 ± 0.52^cd	4.98 ± 0.42^ef

Values are means of 3 replicates ± SEM and are expressed as IU/mL. For each day means are expressed in the same column and different superscript letters are statistically different at p ≤ 0.05.