Isolation and physiological characteristics of cellulolytic bacteria

섬유소 분해세균의 분리 및 생리적인 특성

Three hundred and one cellulolytic bacterial were isolated from the 148 screening sources such as decomposed wood, soil, compost and leaf mold. Among them, strain KL-6 was found to have the highest of cellulase activity, and identified as species belonged to the genus Cellulomonas. Strain KL-6 was decompose up to 90% of the filter paper (whatman No. 1) substrate within 50 hours, and showed the colony halo formation (11 cm). The activities of CMCase (67 unit/ml), FPase (70 unit/ml) and ${\beta}-glucosidase$ (0.68 unit/ml) were obtained when this strain was cultured for 50 hrs at $30^{\circ}C$. Glucose was not found in detectable amounts at the FP medium. The optimum composition of nutrient medium for the cell growth by strain KL-6 was sucrose 0.5%, yeast extract 0.1%, $(NH_4)_2HPO_4\;0.1%$, $K_2HPO_4\;0.1%$, $MgSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O\;0.01%$, $CaCl_2\; 0.01%$, NaCl 0.6%, $CaCO_3\;0.1%$ and the optimum pH and temperature were 7.0 and $30^{\circ}C$, respectively.

148종의 시료로부터 301주의 섬유소 분해세균을 분리하였고 그 중 cellulase 활성이 가장 높은 균주를 선발하여 동정한 결과, Cellulomonas sp. KL-6로 확인하였다. KL-6 균주는 약 50시간만에 여과지(whatman No.1)를 붕괴하였고 congo red 반응으로 본 halo 환의 직경은 11 cm였으며 또한, CMCase의 활성은 67 unit/ml, FPase는 70 unit/ml, ${\beta}-glucosidase$는 0.68 unit/ml로 나타났다. 여과지를 기질로 하여 배양하였을 때 배양액 중에 유리된 glucose의 유무를 확인하였으나 추적할 만한 양이 없었다. KL-6 균주의 균체증식 최적 배양조건은 sucrose 0.5%, yeast extract 0.1%, $(NH_4)_2HPO_4\;0.1%$, $K_2HPO_4\;0.1%$, $MgSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O\;0.01%$, $CaCl_2\; 0.01%$, NaCl 0.6%, $CaCO_3\;0.1%$, pH 7.0 및 온도 $30^{\circ}C$였다.