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Table 2 Properties of pulp treated with xylanases produced by A. niger and A. flavus

From: Bioprocess and biotechnology: effect of xylanase from Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus flavus on pulp biobleaching and enzyme production using agroindustrial residues as substract

Parameters	Control	*A. niger*	*A. flavus*
Kappa number	13.96	10.34	8.89
Kappa efficiency (%)	-	25.93	36.32
CST (%)	21.70	21.30	21.60
A_{237 nm}	-	0.093	0.120
A_{465 nm}	-	0.056	0.062

Biobleaching of bagasse pulp with 10 U xylanase g^-1 of pulp in 0.5 M sodium citrate buffer (pH 6.5) at 55°C for 2 h.

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