Screening of Fungi Isolated from Environmental Samples for Xylanase and Cellulase Production

Table 2

Reducing sugar (mg/mL) produced during screening of fungi isolated from decaying logs of wood for cellulase and xylanase production.

Fungal isolate	Substrate/reducing sugar (mg/mL)
	Oat-spelt xylan	CMC
FF1	0.55±0.00^hi	0.20±0.00^gh
FF2	1.20±0.14^a	0.35±0.07^de
FF3	0.50±0.07^i	0.10±0.00^i
FF4	0.90±0.00^bc	0.30±0.00^ef
FF5	0.65±0.00^fgh	0.28±0.01^f
FF6	1.00±0.14^b	0.15±0.07^hi
FF7	0.90±0.07^bc	0.35±0.00^de
FF8	0.85±0.00^cd	0.30±0.00^ef
FF9	0.90±0.00^bc	0.60±0.03^a
FF10	0.80±0.07^cde	0.40±0.04^cd
FF11	0.85±0.04^cd	0.45±0.07^bc
FF12	1.02±0.03^b	0.40±0.00^cd
FF13	0.35±0.00^j	0.10±0.00^i
FF14	0.75±0.00^def	0.25±0.00^fg
FF15	0.60±0.00^ghi	0.15±0.00^hi
FF16	0.90±0.03^bc	0.50±0.03^b
FF17	0.60±0.01^ghi	0.15±0.03^hi
FF18	0.75±0.03^def	0.35±0.00^de
FF19	0.65±0.00^fgh	0.40±0.01^cd
FF20	0.70±0.01^efg	0.10±0.00^i
FF21	0.85±0.00^cd	0.45±0.00^bc

∗Each value is a mean of two replicates; ± stands for standard deviation among replicates; means followed by different letters within each column differ significantly at 𝑃≤0.05; CMC: carboxymethyl cellulose.