“…Therefore, for a practical use of cellulase, its stability and reusability should be enhanced. A practical way to the improvement of enzyme stability and reusability is immobilization of enzymes onto solid supports. − Among the various supports for immobilization of enzymes, − magnetic supports are more interesting because their magnetic properties allow us to separate them by using an external magnet. − This advantage of magnetic supports is highly desirable in large-scale applications where the separation of large amounts of immobilized enzyme does not need a troublesome filtration or centrifugation. ,, There are two conventional methods for enzyme immobilization: physical adsorption − and covalent binding. − The physical adsorption of enzyme onto the solid support provides an easy way for immobilization which rarely changes the structure of enzyme and therefore decreases the activity loss. , However, the physical linkage is not firm and the enzyme will easily detach from the support surface, so in this case the reusability of supported enzyme is poor. , In the second method, enzyme is attached to the surface of support by a covalent bond. The covalent binding of enzyme onto the support surface increases the stability and reusability of the enzyme; however, it may reduce the activity. ,,, Despite the loss of enzyme activity resulting from covalent binding, this method is still more suitable for industrial applications than physical immobilization, since the expensive cellulase must be reused several times. , …”