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A Cellulomonas mutant previously shown to be improved over its parent with respect to cellulolytic and xylanolytic activities, has now been shown to produce enhanced activity towards galactomannan.
The mutant produced a range of glycosidase activities during growth on various carbohydrate substrates. Changes in the proportions of β-glucosidase, β-mannosidase, β-xylosidase and α-arabinosidase levels with variation in growth substrate indicate specific produciton patterns for these four enzymic activities.
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Ide, J.A., Daly, J.M. & Rickard, P.A.D. Production of glycosidase activity by Cellulomonas during growth on various carbohydrate substrates. European J. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 18, 100–102 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00500831
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00500831