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Fermentation with Chaetomium cellulolyticum was carried out on media containing either Avicel cellulose or newspaper. Production of free cellulolytic enzymes, cellulose degradation and the formation of cell protein were studied with the original strain and a mutant strain.
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Fähnrich, P., Irrgang, K. Cellulase and protein production by Chaetomium cellulolyticum strains grown on cellulosic substrates. Biotechnol Lett 3, 201–206 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00154645
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