Table 1.
Enzymes from cercosporoids and their potential biotechnological application.
| Enzyme | Source (Species Name) a |
Citations | Potential Biotechnological Application |
|---|---|---|---|
| lipase | Cercospora kikuchii | [123,124,125] | food and chemical industry, biodiesel transesterification |
| esterase | C. beticola | [118] | wood industry and biofuel production |
| cellulases | C. beticola | [115,127] | wood industry and biofuel production |
| pectinases | C. beticola | [115,127] | food and textile industry |
| laccase | Cercospora SPF-6 | [126] | dye decolorization |
| endo-glucanase (CMCase) | C. theae | [112] | wood industry and biofuel production |
| invertase | C. theae | [112] | food industry, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industry |
| protease | C. theae | [112] | chemical and textile industry, food industry |
| pectinase | C. theae | [112] | food and textile industry |
| amylase | C. theae | [112] | food and textile industry, pharmaceutical and fine-chemical industry |
| CMCase | C. arachidicola | [117] | food industry and biofuel production |
| polygalacturonase (pectinase) | C. arachidicola | [117] | food and textile industry |
a Fungal names in the table were originally published in the papers. The current name of C. thea is Pseudocercospora ocellata (acc. to IndexFungorum), while C. arachidicola should be classified as Passalora arachidicola [128].