“…Trichoderma species produces large quantities of hydrolytic enzymes (Papavizas, 1985) including chitinases, β-1,3-glucanases (Howell et al, 2000), cellulases, amylases and proteases (Bastos, 1996), which explains the high growth capability of each species. However, T. reesei is regarded in the literature as one of the main producers of endoglucanases, secreting at least five types of these enzymes and justifying the increased growth in culture compared to T. viride, because the oat media is comprised of β-glucans that can be hydrolyzed to glucose, providing the fungus with a readily usable carbon source for growth (Herpoël-Gimbert et al, 2008).…”