... R. MaranaDepartamento de Bioquı´mica, Instituto de Quı´mica, Universidade de Sa˜o Paulo, Sa˜o Paulo, BrazilThe b-glycosidases from family 1 of the glycosidehydrolases are widely distributed ... catalysis; glycoside hydrolase;specificity; b-glycosidaseCorrespondenceS. R. Marana, Departamento de Bioquı´mica,Instituto de Quı´mica, Universidade de Sa˜oPaulo, CP 26077, Sa˜o Paulo, 05513-970 ... cello-triose, cellotetraose, cellopentaose, methyl b-glucoside, hexylb-glucoside, heptyl b-glucoside, octyl b-glucoside, nonylb-glucoside and phenyl b-glucoside) were determined bymeasuring...