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Table 5 Commercial enzymes produced by actinomycetes with their application [41]

From: Secondary metabolites and biodiversity of actinomycetes

Enzyme

Actinomycetes strains

Use

Industrial of application

Protease

S. galbus

Detergents

Detergents

  

Cheese making

Food

  

Clarication—low calorie beer

Brewing

  

Dehiding

Leather

  

Treatment of blood clot

Medicine

Cellulase

S. actuosus

Removal of stains, denim nishing, soening of detergent

Deinking, modication of bers, paper and pulp

Denim nishing, soening of cotton

Lipase

S. griseochromogenes

Removal of stains

Detergent

  

Stability of dough and conditioning

Baking

  

Cheese avoring

Dairy

  

Deinking, cleaning

Textile

Xylanase

S. rameus

Conditioning of dough

Baking

  

Digestibility

Animal feed

  

Bleach boosting

Paper and pulp

Pectinase

S. fradzae, S nztrosporeur

Clarication, mashing

Beverage

Amylase

S. aureofasciculus, S. galilaeus

Soness of bread soness

Detergent

  

Removal of stains volume

Baking

  

Deinking, drainage improvement

Paper and pulp

  

Production of glucose and fructose syrups

Starch industry

  

Removal of starch from woven fabrics

Textile

Glucos oxidase

Streptomyces sp.

Strengthening of dough

Baking

Lipoxygenase

Streptomyces sp.

Bread whitening

Baking

Phytase

S. ambofaciens, S. lienomycini.

Phytate digestibility

Animal feed

Peroxidase

Thermomonospora fusca, S. viridosporus

Removal of excess dye

Textile

β-galactosidase

Streptomyces sp.

Enzymatic hydrolysis of lactose either from milk/whey or pure lactose

Dairy

l-asparaginase

S. aureofasciculus, S. canus, S. chattanoogenesis, S. hawaiiensis, S. olivoviridid, S. orientalis, S. plicatus

Reduce the formation of acrylamide, a carcinogen found in starchy food products

Food industry

l-glutaminase

S. rimosus, S. galbus

Flavor enhancing agent in food

Food industry

Keratinase

Doretomycetes microsporus

Animal feed

Poultry industry

Petinase

Thermomonospora flisca S. viridochromogenes

Retting and degumming of fiber crops

Textile industry