A Comparative Study of Cellulase Production: Minireview

Abstract

Cellulose is one of the most abundant polymers on earth. It is present in huge amount in the various wastes of agricultural produce. Cellulase enzyme can be produced by using these wastes. Cellulase enzyme has been produced by a wide range of microbial flora such as fungi and bacteria. Production conditions for the production of cellulase enzymes has been optimized using one factor variable at a time approach. Various production conditions such as carbon source, nitrogen source, pH, temperature, incubation temperature and inoculum size have to optimized for maximum enzyme production. This review describes the production of cellulase enzyme using various agricultural wastes, which are reported in the literature till now. In this, we have mentioned the various microbial species, which are able to produce cellulase under optimum conditions. In this we have also discusses the comparative production of cellulase enzyme using submerged and solid-state fermentation. In today’s world, due to wide role of industrial enzymes in commercial market makes them more popular and we have to focus on more research towards their production using cheap substrates. These substrates are available annually and also environmentally friendly to use. The above-mentioned methods are very useful for the production of cellulase by reducing disposal problem of these agro-wastes. These substrates are more efficiently consumed by a potential strain like microbes, plants, etc. for production of cellulase enzyme. By this review, we are trying to explore the more potent source of cellulase production both in terms of increased productivity as well as quality.