Detergent-Compatible Amylases Produced by Fungal Species and Their Applications in Detergent Industry

Detergent enzymes are currently vital and important ingredients of modern powder and liquid detergents. They catalyze various biochemical processes intra-or extracellularly in the detergent industries. Microorganisms are the favored source of detergent compatible fungal amylases compared to plant or animal sources. Detergents cannot be produced in the developed countries without a mixture of detergent enzymes supplementation because they are essential components in the detergent industries. In countries under development, various produced detergents do not have enzymes. Amylases, proteases, pectinases, lipases, mannanases, and cellulases are generally the hydrolytic enzymes used in the detergent industries. They remove all soft, tough and stubborn starchy food, protein, pectin, fatty, mannane and cellulose-based stains attached to the various substrates like fabrics or glassware. A number of review articles on detergent-compatible bacterial and fungal enzymes exists, but none specifically covers detergent-compatible fungal amylases. In the present review, production and aspects of detergent fungal amylases are discussed with an emphasis on the stability of fungal amylases in the presence of detergent constituents. The article will help other worldwide research to study the properties of detergent pectinases and mannanases which are not extensively studied.