Isolation and Preliminary Identification of Cellulose-Decomposing Microorganisms Form Bamboo Forest

For the conversion of cellulose into biofuel by microorganisms is being studied intensively. This research isolate and screen efficient cellulolytic microorganism from bamboo forest soil based on growth rate on CMC plate, the size of transparent circle, disintegration effect of filter paper, and CMC enzyme activity assay. As a result, efficient cellulose-decomposing fungus J6-1 was obtained. The strains possessed higher filter paper degrading ability and CMC enzyme activity, disintegrating the filter paper into 42.3% at the 5th days and reaching the highest CMC enzyme activity 6.87IU/mL after 120 hours of shake flask fermentation. Strains J6-1 is preliminarily identified asPenicilliumby morphological observation and a great potential cellulolytic strains.

Improved Mannanase Production from Penicillium occitanis by Fed-Batch Fermentation Using Acacia Seeds

By applying a fed-batch strategy, production of Penicillium occitanis mannanases could be almost doubled as compared to a batch cultivation on acacia seeds (76 versus 41 U/mL). Also, a 10-fold increase of enzyme activities was observed from shake flask fermentation to the fed-batch fermentation. These production levels were 3-fold higher than those obtained on coconut meal. The high mannanase production using acacia seeds powder as inducer substrate showed the suitability of this culture process for industrial-scale development.

Improvement of Shake Flask Fermentation Conditions for the Pseudomonas Strain N1

To improve the yield of the Pseudomonas strain N1 in the fermentation culture medium screened from the biofilm of BAF reactor, the optimal shake flask fermentation conditions for Pseudomonas N1 were determined by single factor test and orthogonal test. The composition of optimal fermentation culture medium was as follows: nitrate of potash of 4 g/L, sodium succinate of 26.1 g/L, KH2PO4 of 4.0 g/L, MgSO4·7H2O of 1 g/L, KCl of 1 g/L. The cell concen- tration could reach 9.08 g/L under the conditions. Fermentation was performed for 36h in a 250ml shake flask containing 70mL medium at 1% inoculums volume and initial pH value 7.0. The cell concentration could reach 12.86 g/L which was 2.5 fold higher than that under the original conditions. Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification could be achieved to alleviate the pollution of nitrogen in the wastewater by adding the microbial inoculums into the common aerobic nitrifica- tion sludge.

Phenoxazinones by oxidative dimerization of aminophenols

Several 2-amino-3H-phenoxazin-3-ones, including cinnabarin, were obtained from the appropriate o-aminophenols by oxidative dimerization on thin-layer plates in air. Shake-flask fermentation of Pycnoporus cinnabarinus also gave cinnabarin.