Table 3.

Effect of initial moisture level on cellulase production by T. reesei

Initial moisture level (solid-to-liquid ratio)	Enzyme activity
	CMCase (U/gds)	FPase (U/gds)
1:1.25	01.41 ± 0.15a	0.16 ± 0.05a
1:1.50	06.82 ± 0.55b	0.45 ± 0.09b
1:1.75	07.87 ± 0.23c	0.99 ± 0.12c
1:2.00	11.65 ± 0.38e	1.29 ± 0.17d
1:2.25	10.71 ± 0.41d	1.24 ± 0.13d
1:2.50	10.60 ± 0.31d	1.21 ± 0.14d

Values are means ± standard deviations. Data with the same superscript letter were not significantly different (p < 0.05; Tukey test)