Enhancement of Cellulase Activity from a New Strain of Bacillus subtilis by Medium Optimization and Analysis with Various Cellulosic Substrates

Table 6

Variation of enzyme activity with CMC, lichenan, and barley β-glucan with and without medium optimisation.

Media	CMC	Lichenan	𝛽-Glucan
Unoptimised (U/mL)	0.07	0.35	0.4
Optimised (U/mL)	0.43	1.2	1.4
Fold increase	6	3.4	3.5
Maximum activity (h)	36	12	12