Table 3.

Effect of the addition of some carbon sources on CMCase formation by A. terreus DSM 826.

Additive carbon source (1%)	Rice straw		Sugar cane bagasse
	CMCase activity (U/ml)	Specific activity (U/mg protein)	CMCase activity (U/ml)	Specific activity (U/mg protein)
Control	1.68 ± 0.014	0.87 ± 0.042	1.24 ± 0.014	0.92 ± 0.011
D-Glucose	0.78 ± 0.084	0.39 ± 0.042	0.74 ± 0.070	0.52 ± 0.027
D-Mannose	0.96 ± 0.014	0.39 ± 0.006	0.89 ± 0.028	0.58 ± 0.018
Maltose	0.90 ± 0.097	0.45 ± 0.049	1.01 ± 0.014	0.68 ± 0.010
Sucrose	0.70 ± 0.056	0.25 ± 0.021	0.60 ± 0.014	0.47 ± 0.011
Cellobiose	0.69 ± 0.000	0.37 ± 0.000	0.49 ±0.014	0.33 ± 0.010
CMC	1.76 ± 0.070	0.98 ± 0.040	2.03 ± 0.056	1.36 ± 0.038