particularly
a higher content of -glucosidase, a key-enzyme for secondgeneration
ethanol production, when compare with commercial
preparations. Furthermore, our group has been evaluating the performance
of cellulase from P. funiculosum on enzymatic hydrolysis
of pretreated sugarcane bagasse (Castro et al., 2010; Maeda et al.,
2010, 2011). Maeda et al. (2011) used an enzymatic blend of this a
strain of this filamentous fungus to hydrolyze pretreated sugarcane
bagasse and reached a hydrolysis yield of 88% while the commercial
blend (Multifect®) achieved a hydrolysis yield of 68% in the same
experimental conditions.