Schizophyllum commune: A fungal cell-factory for production of valuable metabolites and enzymes

Schizophyllum commune is a basidiomycete that capable of producing different valuable metabolites such as schizophyllan-a polysaccharide, ethanol, and lignocellulolytic enzymes. Schizophyllan finds application in the food industry, pharmacy, oil recovery. It acts non-specific stimulator immune system. shows bioactivities antineoplastic, antibacterial, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, antiparasitic properties. S. bioethanol directly single step using lignocellulosic biomass. Lignocellulolytic enzymes including cellulase, xylanase, pectinase, laccase, lignin peroxidase, manganese are also synthesized efficiently by strains commune. Being good producer ligninolytic enzymes, has been shown to be effective for degradation various synthetic dyes. This article reviews production schizophyllan, utilization lignocellulose decolorization