CELLULASE AND ITS ROLE IN INDUSTRIES: A REVIEW
Cellulose is the most abundant polymer present in various agricultural wastes. These wastes can be converted into useful products by degradation of cellulose present inside these wastes. The conversion is catalysed by cellulase enzyme. This review describes the bacterial cellulase enzyme including their classification, isolation, production and applications. In this, we have mentioned the isolation and screening techniques of bacterial cellulase along with some other microbial species, which are having potential of producing cellulase enzyme. It also discusses the submerged and solid-state production of cellulase enzyme along with applications in textile, paper, production of biofuel, food and animal feed industry, oil extraction, brewing, and agriculture. Now a days, industrial enzymes achieved a great place due to their easy production from cheap agricultural wastes together with their magnificent role in above mentioned industries. These features attract the industries, so that they can make their products economically valuable and also improve the protocols accordingly.