Cellulose 분해 방선균의 분리 및 동정

Isolation and identification of cellulolytic Actinomycetes

토양으로부터 carboxymethyl cellulase 및 intra-cellular $\beta$-glucosidase생산능력이 높은 방선균 No. 109균주를 분리하고 이 균주의 배양상 내지는 형태적 특성, 생리적 특성 그리고 세포벽 구성성분 등을 조사, 균동정을 행한 결과 No. 109 분리균은 Streptomyces tanashiensis 또는 그 유연균으로 동정되었다.

About 300 cellulolytic actinomycetes isolated from soils were tested for their cellulase activities estimated by means of filter paper swelling and carboxymethyl cellulose saccharifying activity. Then, 16 isolates which had shown relatively high levels of CMCase activity were selected and examined for their abilities of $\beta$-glucosidase production. Among them strain No. 109 was found to have highest level of intracellular $\beta$-glucosidase, and selected for the further studies. In this paper, the cultural, morphological and physiological properties, and cell wall composition of strain No. 109 were described in relation to the taxonomic status of this actinomycete. Based on the results obtained in these experiments strain No. 109 was identified to be a similar species to Streptomyces tanashiensis.