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Sugar cane bagasse was subjected to a mixed culture, solid substrate fermentation with Trichoderma reesei QM9414 and Aspergillus terreus SUK-1 to produce cellulase and reducing sugars. The highest cellulase activity and reducing sugar amount were obtained in mixed culture. The percentage of substrate degradation achieved employing mixed culture was 26% compared to 50% using separate cultures of the two molds. This suggests that the synergism of enzymes in mixed culture solid substrate fermentation have lower synergism than in pure culture.
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Massadeh, M.I., Mohtar Wan Yusoff, W., Omar, O. et al. Synergism of cellulase enzymes in mixed culture solid substrate fermentation. Biotechnology Letters 23, 1771–1774 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012448401369
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