Research Article

Isolation of Fungi and Bacteria Associated with the Guts of Tropical Wood-Feeding Coleoptera and Determination of Their Lignocellulolytic Activities

Table 5

Results of the screening for lignocellulolytic activities. Fungal genera with positive results are shown in the upper group and bacterial genera in the lower group.

GenusCMCligninβ-glucβ-xylcelob

Aspergillus++++
Bionectria+++++
Botryosphaeria+
Coprinellus+
Elaphocordyceps+
Eutypa++
Fusarium+
Geotrichum++++
Graphium+
Isaria+++
Lanatonectria+
Mariannaea++++
Metacordyceps+++
Mucor++++
Nectria+++
Paecilomyces++
Penicillium++
Pestalotiopsis+
Phlebia+++
Phomopsis+
Pseudallescheria+++
Scytalidium++
Sporothrix+
Trametes+++++
Trichoderma+++++
Trichosporon+

Acinetobacter++++
Bacillus++++
Citrobacter+
Enterobacter++++
Enterococcus+++
Lactococcus+
Novosphingobium+
Paenibacillus+
Pseudomonas+
Rhizobium+
Serratia+
Stenotrophomonas+
Arthrobacter+
Microbacterium+
Streptomyces+
Tsukamurella+

CMC: cellulase activity on carboxymethylcellulose, lignin: ligninolytic activity on Remazol Brilliant Blue R, β-gluc: β-glucosidase, β-xyl: β-xylanase, and celob: cellobiose hydrolase activity.