Editing Cellulase (section)

== Uses ==
Cellulase is used for commercial food processing in [[coffee]]. It performs [[hydrolysis]] of cellulose during drying of [[coffee bean|beans]]. Furthermore, cellulases are widely used in textile industry and in laundry detergents. They have also been used in the [[pulp and paper industry]] for various purposes, and they are even used for pharmaceutical applications.
Cellulase is used in the fermentation of [[biomass]] into [[biofuels]], although this process is relatively experimental at present. 

===Paper and pulp===
Cellulases have a wide varierty of applications in the paper and pulp industry. In the production and recycling processes cellulases can be applied to improve [[Debarking (lumber)|debarking]], [[pulping]], [[bleaching]], [[drainage]] or [[deinking]].<ref>{{cite book | title = New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Microbial Cellulase System Properties and Applications |chapter = Chapter 13: Cellulase in pulp and paper industry | last1=Singh | first1=S|last2=Singh|first2=V|last3=Aamir|first3=M|last4=Dubey|first4=M|last5=Patel|first5=J|last6=Upadhyay|first6=R|last7=Gupta|first7=V|date= 2 Aug 2016 |doi=10.1016/B978-0-444-63507-5.00013-7}}</ref> 

The use of cellulase can also improve the quality of the paper. Cellulases affect the fiber morphology, which may lead to improved fibre-fibre bonding, resulting in increased fibre cohesion.<ref name ="Kudah">{{cite journal|journal=Enzyme Research|title=Microbial Cellulases and Their Industrial Applications |last1=Kuhad|first1=R.C.|last2=Gupta|first2=R.|last3=Singh|first3=A.|date=2011|volume=10|pages=6065–6072|doi=10.4061/2011/280696|doi-access=free }}</ref> Additional effects on the paper may include increased tensile strength, higher bulk, porosity and tissue softness.

===Pharmaceutical===
Cellulase is used in medicine as a treatment for phytobezoars, a form of cellulose [[bezoar]] found in the human [[stomach]], and it has exhibited efficacy in degrading polymicrobial bacterial [[biofilm]]s by hydrolyzing the β(1-4) glycosidic linkages within the structural, matrix exopolysaccharides of the [[extracellular polymeric substance]] (EPS).<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Fleming D, Rumbaugh KP | title = Approaches to Dispersing Medical Biofilms | journal = Microorganisms | volume = 5 | issue = 2 | pages = 15 | date = April 2017 | pmid = 28368320 | pmc = 5488086 | doi = 10.3390/microorganisms5020015 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Fleming D, Chahin L, Rumbaugh K | title = Glycoside Hydrolases Degrade Polymicrobial Bacterial Biofilms in Wounds | journal = Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy | volume = 61 | issue = 2 | pages = AAC.01998–16 | date = February 2017 | pmid = 27872074 | pmc = 5278739 | doi = 10.1128/AAC.01998-16 | url = https://zenodo.org/record/896345 }}</ref>

===Textiles===
Various uses of cellulases in the textile industry include [[biostoning]] of jeans, [[polishing]] of textile fibres, softening of garments, removal of excess dye or the restoration of colour brightness.

===Agriculture===
Cellulases can be used in the agricultural sector as a plant pathogen and for disease control. It is also applied to enhance seed germination and improvement of the root system, and may lead to improved soil quality and recude the dependence on mineral fertilisers.<ref name = "Kudah" />