scholarly journals Characterization of the Cellulase Enzyme Produced by Actinomycetes Isolated from the Mangrove Coastal Areas

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 685-690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kulkarni C. P. ◽  
Maurya C. B.

ABSTRACT: Cellulase enzyme plays an important role in converting cellulosic biomass in high value products and therefore finds various applications in a number of industries such as pulp and paper, textile, laundry, biofuel production, food and feed industry, brewing and agriculture. Although there are various sources available for obtaining enzymes of industrial applications such as bacteria, fungi, actinomycetes, microalgae, animals and plants; microorganisms represent the most common source of enzymes because of their broad biochemical diversity, feasibility of mass culture and ease of genetic manipulation. Among the microorganisms, actinomycetes are increasingly becoming an important resource for the production of therapeutic molecules and industrially important enzymes. Considering this, the present investigation was undertaken to isolate a novel actinomycete strain from a sea sediment sample and explore its ability to produce the enzyme cellulase. After morphological and biochemical studies, this actinomycete strain was further characterized using its 16S rRNA gene sequence and a phylogenetic tree was constructed. The activity and stability of the extracted enzyme from this actinomycete was analyzed. Finally, the applications of this extracted enzyme were studied.

Author(s):  
Pratibha Maravi ◽  
Anil Kumar

Cellulase enzyme complex is comprised of three enzymes namely exo-glucanase, endo-glucanase and β-glucosidase which act synergistically to deconstruct cellulosic biomass in order to produce fermentable sugars. The enzymes are produced naturally by the living organisms such as bacteria, fungi and algae. The majority of microorganisms that live in extreme environments including hot/cold springs, rumen stomach, deep ocean trench, acidic/alkaline pH environment, have been regarded as appealing producers of cellulase. Cellulases produced by microorganisms have enormous applications in different industries such as agriculture, food and feed production, brewing, textile, laundry and biofuel production. Scientists as well as industry researchers consider cellulases as a prospective candidate for further studies due to the intricacy of the enzyme system and massive industrial potential. Scientific belief in its production and further studies challenges are receiving greater attention these days, notably in the intent of decreasing its production cost at the industrial scale. In this review, future possibilities of using cellulase for various industrial applications are also addressed.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramesh Chander Kuhad ◽  
Rishi Gupta ◽  
Ajay Singh

Microbial cellulases have shown their potential application in various industries including pulp and paper, textile, laundry, biofuel production, food and feed industry, brewing, and agriculture. Due to the complexity of enzyme system and immense industrial potential, cellulases have been a potential candidate for research by both the academic and industrial research groups. Nowadays, significant attentions have been devoted to the current knowledge of cellulase production and the challenges in cellulase research especially in the direction of improving the process economics of various industries. Scientific and technological developments and the future prospects for application of cellulases in different industries are discussed in this paper.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan Sher ◽  
Muhammad Faheem ◽  
Abdul Ghani ◽  
Rashid Mehmood ◽  
Hamza Rehman ◽  
...  

Cellulases are the hydrolytic group of enzymes, responsible for release of sugars in the bioconversion of the cellulosic biomass into a variety of value added industrial products. Fungal isolated cellulases are well studied and playing a significant role in various industrial processes. Enzymatic depolymerisation of cellulosic material has been done by the various fungal isolated enzymes. In the present study, the cultivation conditions for cellulase production from Aspergillus species were optimized. Optimization of scarification conditions such as time course, inoculum size, carbon source and concentration, nitrogen source, various pH levels were performed for the production of extracellular carboxymethyl cellulase and endoglucanase enzyme. The result exhibited, 15 % inoculums size, corncobs 2 % concentration, Urea and medium pH 7 at 30oC supported high yield of carboxymethyl cellulase (38.80 U/ml/min) and exoglucanase enzyme (10.94 U/ml/min) through a submerged fermentation (SmF). In future biotechnological applications in cellulase enzyme production attain a vital role to obtain high degradable yield.


2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 17-22
Author(s):  
Faria Mahjabeen ◽  
Sazzad Khan ◽  
Naiyyum Choudhury ◽  
M Mahboob Hossain ◽  
Trosporsha Tasnim Khan

Microbial Cellulases have an escalating demand in many industries and constitute a major group of the industrial enzymes. It has attracted the attention of many researchers because of its tremendous industrial applications including textile industry, pulp, and paper industry, laundry and detergent industry, food and animal feed industry. The present study pursues to unfold a novel cellulase that can overcome existing challenges in biorefineries as well as to reduce biofuel production cost. Therefore, soil from a dairy farm was screened for potent cellulase producers on carboxymethylcellulose agar. Out of 68 isolates, 31 expressed cellulase activity. The best isolate so far had an extracellular crude enzyme activity of 0.167 U/ml and specific activity of 0.333 U/mg. The cell morphology, cultural characteristics, and biochemical tests presumptively identified it to belong to the genus Bacillus. Molecular analysis using 16S rRNA gene of the isolate indicated it to be Bacillus subtilis. The optimum pH and temperature for the activity of the crude enzyme were determined to be 5 and 65°C respectively. Bangladesh J Microbiol, Volume 33, Number 1-2, June-Dec 2016, pp 17-22


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1642
Author(s):  
Dorothee Tegtmeier ◽  
Sabine Hurka ◽  
Sanja Mihajlovic ◽  
Maren Bodenschatz ◽  
Stephanie Schlimbach ◽  
...  

Black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) are fast-growing, resilient insects that can break down a variety of organic substrates and convert them into valuable proteins and lipids for applications in the feed industry. Decomposition is mediated by an abundant and versatile gut microbiome, which has been studied for more than a decade. However, little is known about the phylogeny, properties and functions of bacterial isolates from the BSFL gut. We therefore characterized the BSFL gut microbiome in detail, evaluating bacterial diversity by culture-dependent methods and amplicon sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene. Redundant strains were identified by genomic fingerprinting and 105 non-redundant isolates were then tested for their ability to inhibit pathogens. We cultivated representatives of 26 genera, covering 47% of the families and 33% of the genera detected by amplicon sequencing. Among these isolates, we found several representatives of the most abundant genera: Morganella, Enterococcus, Proteus and Providencia. We also isolated diverse members of the less-abundant phylum Actinobacteria, and a novel genus of the order Clostridiales. We found that 15 of the isolates inhibited at least one of the tested pathogens, suggesting a role in helping to prevent colonization by pathogens in the gut. The resulting culture collection of unique BSFL gut bacteria provides a promising resource for multiple industrial applications.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaobin Wen ◽  
Aoqi Zhang ◽  
Xiaoyan Zhu ◽  
Lin Liang ◽  
Yan Huo ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Predatory flagellates and ciliates are two common bio-contaminants which frequently cause biomass losses in Chlorella mass culture. Efficient and targeted ways are required to control these contaminations in Chlorella mass cultivation aiming for biofuel production especially. Results Five surfactants were tested for its ability to control bio-contaminations in Chlorella culture. All five surfactants were able to eliminate the contaminants at a proper concentration. Particularly the minimal effective concentrations of sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS) to completely eliminate Poterioochromonas sp. and Hemiurosomoida sp. were 8 and 10 mg L−1, respectively, yet the photosynthesis and viability of Chlorella was not significantly affected. These results were further validated in Chlorella mass cultures in 5, 20, and 200 m2 raceway ponds. Conclusions A chemical method using 10 mg L−1 SDBS as pesticide to control predatory flagellate or ciliate contamination in Chlorella mass culture was proposed. The method helps for a sustained microalgae biomass production and utilization, especially for biofuel production.


2006 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 1085-1088 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soon Dong Lee

A novel actinomycete, strain N3-7T, was isolated from a natural cave in Jeju, Republic of Korea, using a dilution method and was subjected to characterization using polyphasic taxonomy. A 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that the organism belonged to the phylogenetic cluster of the genus Actinocorallia and was most closely related to Actinocorallia glomerata and Actinocorallia longicatena (97.6 and 97.5 % similarity, respectively). The main chemotaxonomic properties of strain N3-7T, such as the principal amino acid of the peptidoglycan, the predominant menaquinone and the polar lipid profile, supported classification in the genus Actinocorallia. The organism was readily differentiated from Actinocorallia species with validly published names on the basis of a broad range of phenotypic properties. Thus the isolate represents a novel species of the genus Actinocorallia, for which the name Actinocorallia cavernae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is strain N3-7T (=JCM 13278T=NRRL B-24429T).


TECHNOLOGY ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 03 (02n03) ◽  
pp. 80-83
Author(s):  
Mark Polikovsky ◽  
Eshel Ben-Jacob ◽  
Alin Finkelshtein

Cellulose hydrolysis has many industrial applications such as biofuel production, food, paper and textile manufacture. Here, we present a novel approach to cellulose hydrolysis using a consortium of motile bacteria, Paenibacillus vortex, that can swarm on solid medium carrying a non-motile recombinant E. coli cargo strain expressing the β-glucosidase and cellulase genes that facilitate the hydrolysis of cellulose. These two species cooperate; the relationship is mutually beneficial: the E. coli is dispersed over long distances, while the P. vortex bacteria gain from the supply of cellulose degradation products. This enables the use of such consortia in this area of biotechnology.


2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_6) ◽  
pp. 1945-1951 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong-Guang Zhang ◽  
Qing Liu ◽  
Hong-Fei Wang ◽  
Dao-Feng Zhang ◽  
Yuan-Ming Zhang ◽  
...  

A facultatively alkaliphilic actinomycete strain, designated EGI 80088T, was isolated from a saline-alkali soil sample from Xinjiang province, north-west China, and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic characterization. Strain EGI 80088T formed fragmented aerial hyphae and short spore chains, and rod-like spores aggregated at maturity. Whole-cell hydrolysates of the isolate contained ll-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid, and glucosamine, mannose, galactose, glucose and rhamnose as the marker sugars. The major fatty acids identified (>5 %) were anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 0, summed feature 4 (iso-C17 : 1I/anteiso-C17 : 1B), iso-C16 : 0 and anteiso-C17 : 0. The predominant menaquinone was MK-9(H4). The G+C content of the genomic DNA of strain EGI 80088T was 70.6 mol%. EGI 80088T showed the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to its closest phylogenetic neighbour Haloactinopolyspora alba YIM 93246T (98.5 %). The DNA–DNA relatedness value of the strain EGI 80088T and H. alba YIM 93246T was 59.3±5.2 %. On the basis of morphological, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic characteristics and DNA–DNA hybridization data, strain EGI 80088T represents a novel species of the genus Haloactinopolyspora , for which the name Haloactinopolyspora alkaliphila sp. nov. (type strain EGI 80088T = BCRC 16946T = JCM 19128T) is proposed. The description of the genus Haloactinopolyspora has also been emended.


2010 ◽  
Vol 192 (24) ◽  
pp. 6494-6496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher L. Hemme ◽  
Housna Mouttaki ◽  
Yong-Jin Lee ◽  
Gengxin Zhang ◽  
Lynne Goodwin ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Modern methods to develop microbe-based biomass conversion processes require a system-level understanding of the microbes involved. Clostridium species have long been recognized as ideal candidates for processes involving biomass conversion and production of various biofuels and other industrial products. To expand the knowledge base for clostridial species relevant to current biofuel production efforts, we have sequenced the genomes of 20 species spanning multiple genera. The majority of species sequenced fall within the class III cellulosome-encoding Clostridium and the class V saccharolytic Thermoanaerobacteraceae. Species were chosen based on representation in the experimental literature as model organisms, ability to degrade cellulosic biomass either by free enzymes or by cellulosomes, ability to rapidly ferment hexose and pentose sugars to ethanol, and ability to ferment synthesis gas to ethanol. The sequenced strains significantly increase the number of noncommensal/nonpathogenic clostridial species and provide a key foundation for future studies of biomass conversion, cellulosome composition, and clostridial systems biology.


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