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. 2017 Mar 29;54(6):1555–1564. doi: 10.1007/s13197-017-2587-7

Table 1.

Production of extracellular enzymes

Yeast Species N Enzymatic activities
SR HCDC Esterase Esterase-Lipase Lipase LeucineA ValineA CystineA ß-glucosidase Pectinase Cellulase Xylanase Glucanase
Candida spp. 12 0 0 83 100 0 100 75 0 25 50 0 0 0
Cryptococcus spp. 10 20 0 100 100 0 100 0 0 60 60 60 0 60
Debaryomyces hansenii 5 33 0 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 100 33 0 67
Lachancea thermotolerans 3 0 0 94 100 12 100 94 6 6 12 75 62 81
Metchnikowia pulcherrima 6 94 50 100 100 0 94 44 0 63 69 37 0 6
Pichia kluyveri 4 0 0 100 100 0 100 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
Sporodiobulus salmonicolor 7 0 0 100 100 33 100 100 0 0 67 0 0 0
Torulaspora delbrueckii 18 100 0 56 56 0 67 0 6 0 83 11 0 0
Williopsis pratensis 16 0 0 100 100 0 100 100 90 0 0 0 0 0
Zygosaccharomyces bailii 16 43 0 71 86 0 100 0 0 14 71 29 0 0

Numbers indicate the percentage of isolates with positive activity into each species

N, number of isolates studied; SR, sulfite reductase; HCDC, hydroxycinnamic acid decarboxylase