title: Cellulase production by the edible mushroom Volvariella diplasia.
abstract: Volvariella diplasia produced cellulolytic enzymes (550 U CM-cellulase and 69 U filter-paper cellulase/l) when grown in shake culture at pH 5.4 and 28°C with 0.5% cellulose powder as carbon source. Alkali-treated as well as untreated cellulosic substrates were hydrolysed by both enzymes (sp. act. 2.75 U/mg protein), with cellobiose and glucose as the end products.
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authors.forename: U S
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Puntambekar