Comparing the physiochemical parameters of three celluloses reveals new insights into substrate suitability for fungal enzyme production

Table 1 Results of sugar analysis of the celluloses after sulfuric acid hydrolysis (in %)

	Avicel^a	Emcocel^b	Alphacel^a	bacterial cellulose^a
d-glucan	93 ± 5.5	92 ± 0.4	84 ± 5.8	97 ± 4.2
d-xylan	3.5 ± 0.4	0.8 ± 0.08	14.7 ± 1.1	ND
d-mannan	1.8 ± 0.1	0.3 ± 0.01	1.3 ± 0.3	ND

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