Project description:We addressed the optimization of the xylanolytic activity in extracellular enzymatic extracts of Cellulomonas sp. B6 and C. fimi B-402 for their subsequent application in lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysis, by culture in several substrates. As demonstrated by secretomic profiling, wheat bran and waste paper resulted to be suitable inducers for the secretion of xylanases of Cellulomonas sp. B6 and C. fimi B-402, respectively. Both strains showed high xylanolytic activity in culture supernatant although Cellulomonas sp. B6 was the most efficient xylanolytic strain.