Table 1. Common mammalian, fungal and bacterial sources of lipases.

Source

Name

Mammalian

Human Pancreatic Lipase
Horse Pancreatic Lipase
Pig Pancreatic Lipase
Guinea Pig Pancreatic Lipase

Fungal

Rhizomucormeihei
Pencilliumcamberti
Humicolalanuginosa
Rhizopusoryzae
Aspergillus niger
Candida rugosa*
Candida antarctica Lipase A*
Candida antarctica Lipase B *
Geotrichiumcandidum*

Bacterial

Chromobacteriumviscosum
Pseudomonas cepacia
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas fluorescens
Pseudomonas fragi
Bacillus thermocatenulatus
Staphylococcus hyicus
Staphylococcus aereus
Staphylococcus epidermidis


* indicates yeast lipases. (http://www.au-kbc.org/beta/bioproj2/sources.htm)
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