Table 3.

Substrate specificity of the crude cellulolytic extract from T. harzianum and its comparison with commercial preparations.

Substrate	Activity (U · L−1)
	T. harzianum	Spezyme®	Celluclast®
Avicel	(5.12 ± 0.28) × 102	(1.14 ± 0.14) × 105	(3.10 ± 0.20) × 104
Azocasein	ND	ND	ND
Cellobiose	(3.60 ± 0.36) × 102	(2.90 ± 0.20) × 104	(3.70 ± 0.40) × 104
HV CMC	(3.98 ± 0.09) × 103	(1.26 ± 0.06) × 106	(8.67 ± 0.25) × 105
MV CMC	(7.37 ± 0.94) × 103	(1.83 ± 0.16) × 106	(1.07 ± 0.01) × 106
ULV CMC	(1.20 ± 0.08) × 104	(2.42 ± 0.01) × 106	(1.32 ± 0.09) × 106
Filter paper	(8.71 ± 0.32) × 102	(3.83 ± 0.67) × 105	(5.10 ± 0.80) × 104
pNPG	(1.13 ± 0.02) × 103	(1.10 ± 0.02) × 105	(5.40 ± 0.10) × 104
Birchwood xylan	(3.93 ± 0.03) × 102	(8.15 ± 0.30) × 105	(4.40 ± 0.14) × 105

For abbreviations, see List of Abbreviations.