Table 2.

Starch and hemicellulose contents of utilized agro-industrial wastes and amylase and xylanase activity by Streptomyces sp. MSC702 in presence of agro-industrial waste in basal medium.

Agro-industrial wastes	Starch (%)	Hemicellulose (%)	Amylase activity (IU/mL)	Xylanase activity (IU/mL)
Sugar cane bagasse	-	16.35 ± 0.49	201.14	9.32
Wheat bran	13.39	7.55 ± 0.49	261.48	29.91
Rice bran	10.0	9.60 ± 1.98	373.89	30.15
Corn cob	-	16.20 ± 0.57	368.87	6.23
*Wheat straw	-	29.0 ± 3.0	234.54	28.40

-, not available; Hemicellulose content from Fang et al. (11); *McKendry (22); Prassad et al. (30); Rowell (33); Starch content from Osborne et al. (26); Mihara et al. (23).