Table 1. Glycoside hydrolase activities produced by the thermophilic community.
Enzyme | Activity (U/ml) | STDEV |
Endoglucanase | 0.466 | 0.015 |
Cellobiohydrolase | 0.014 | 0.001 |
β-D-glucosidase | 0.041 | 0.001 |
Endoxylanase | 1.319 | 0.013 |
α-L-arabinofuranosidase | 0.210 | 0.010 |
β-D-xylosidase | 0.018 | 0.001 |
Endoglucanase and endoxylanase activities were determined using the DNS assay on carboxymethyl cellulose or birtchwood xylan. Other activities were assessed using p-nitrophenyl substrates. U = µmol/min and is reported as the mean and standard deviation of triplicate experiments.