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Table 1 Summary of lignocellulolytic enzyme production from various insects and ruminants gut microbes

From: Unlocking the potential of insect and ruminant host symbionts for recycling of lignocellulosic carbon with a biorefinery approach: a review

S. no

Source

Substrate

Microbes

Enzyme activity

Conditions

Reference

Laccase

MnP

LiP

Ligninolytic enzymes

1

Rubber termite (Coptotermes curvignathus)

Kraft lignin

Lysinibacillus sp., (novel)

70.67 U/L

76.36 U/L

196.07 U/L

SmF

30 °C, pH-7, 120 rpm and

5 to 7 days of incubation

[63]

Acinetobacter sp.

50.74 U/L

49.39 U/L

262.49 U/L

Bacillus sp.

46.48 U/L

36.06 U/L

247.52 U/L

2

Termite (Anacanthotermes)

Guaiacol

Bacillus sp. CF96

287.66 U/mL

–

–

SmF

37 °C, pH 8, 1% (v/v) inoculation and 4 days of incubation

[168]

3

Earthworm

Wheat bran

Bacillus safensis DSKK5

12.11 U/mL

–

–

SmF

37 °C, 200 rpm and 2 days of incubation

[62]

4

Termite (Amitermes hastatus)

Indulin AT (Kraft pine lignin)

Streptomyces sp. MV32

5.66 U/mL

–

–

SmF

30 °C, 160 rpm and 10 days of incubation

[65]

5

Termite (Bulbitermes sp.)

Saw dust

Aspergillus sp. A1

69.44 U/g

43.18 U/g

729.12 U/g

SSF

30 °C, pH 7.0 and 14 days of incubation

[67]

Bacillus sp. B1

45.14 U/g

47.73 U/g

577.03 U/g

Bacillus sp. B2

71.18 U/g

41.48 U/g

500.99 U/g

6

Cattle

Rapeseed

Rumen fluid microbial consortia

–

≈ 85 U/L

–

SmF

37 °C, 170 rpm and 1 day of incubation

[115]

S. No

Source

Substrate

Microbes

Enzyme activity

Conditions

Reference

β-glucosidase

Endoglucanase

Exoglucanase

Xylanase

Cellulolytic and Hemicellulolytic enzymes

7

Termite (Bulbitermes sp.)

Saw dust

Aspergillus sp. A1

22.97 U/g

108.54 U/g

1.8 U/g

96.82 U/g

SSF 30 °C, pH 7.0 and 14 days of incubation

[67]

Bacillus sp. B2

1.81 U/g

10.02 U/g

32.16 U/g

66.33 U/g

Brevibacillus sp. Br3

5.45 U/g

3.46 U/g

14.19 U/g

104.96 U/g

8

Wood-feeding termite (Reticulitermes chinensis)

xylan or D-xylose

C. pseudorhagii SSA-1542 T

–

–

–

1.73 U/mL

30˚C and 3 days of incubation

[129]

9

African land snail (Achatina fulica)

Grass straw, CMC and Sugarcane bagasse

B. tequilensis G9

≈ 598 IU/mL

≈130.75 IU/mL

≈ 950 IU/mL

≈ 110 IU/mL

SmF

150 rpm, 37 °C and 8–14 days of incubation

[169]

10

Cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera)

Saw dust

Klebsiella sp. MD21

78.45 IU/mL

258.93 IU/mL

13.41 IU/mL

276.71 IU/mL

SmF 160 rpm, 37 °C for 14 days

[34]

11

Termite (Coptotermes formosanus)

Sawdust

Dyella sp. SSA-1562 T (Cf-S-11)

6.52 U/mL

–

SSF

35 °C, pH 7 and 5 days of incubation

[20]

Vanrija humicola SSA-1544 (Cf-S-17)

6.06 U/mL

–

SSA-6 microbial consortium

15.96 U/mL

14.6 U/mL

12

Earthworm (Perionyx excavatus)

Glyphidrilus spelaeotes

cellulose

Bacterial isolates

0.42 to 0.59

µM glucose/mL

/min

–

SmF

30 °C and 2–28 days of incubation

[170]

  1. SSF Solid State Fermentation, SmF Submerged Fermentation; Manganese Peroxidase, LiP Lignin Peroxidase