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http://dx.doi.org/10.5322/JES.2010.19.10.1307

Isolation and Characterization of Feather Keratin-Degrading Bacteria and Plant Growth-Promoting Activity of Feather Hydrolysate  

Jeong, Jin-Ha (College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Pusan National University)
Lee, Na-Ri (College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Pusan National University)
Kim, Jeong-Do (College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Pusan National University)
Jeon, Young-Dong (College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Pusan National University)
Park, Ki-Hyun (College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Pusan National University)
Oh, Dong-Joo (College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Pusan National University)
Lee, Chung-Yeol (College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Pusan National University)
Son, Hong-Joo (College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Pusan National University)
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Journal of Environmental Science International / v.19, no.10, 2010 , pp. 1307-1314 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to isolate and characterize a novel feather-degrading bacterium producing keratinase activity. A strain K9 was isolated from soil at poultry farm and identified as Xanthomonas sp. K9 by phenotypic characters and 16S rRNA gene analysis. The cultural conditions for the keratinase production were 0.3% fructose, 0.1% gelatin, 0.04% $K_2HPO_4$, 0.06% $KH_2PO_4$, 0.05% NaCl and 0.01% $FeSO_4$ with an initial pH 8.0 at $30^{\circ}C$ and 200 rpm. In an optimized medium containing 0.1% chicken feather, production yield of keratinase was approximately 8-fold higher than the yield in basal medium. The strain K9 effectively degraded chicken feather meal (67%) and duck feather (54%), whereas human nail and human hair showed relatively low degradation rates (13-22%). Total free amino acid concentration in the cell-free supernatant was about 25.799 mg/l. Feather hydrolysate produced by the strain K9 stimulated growth of red pepper, indicating Xanthomonas sp. K9 could be not only used to increase the nutritional value of chicken feather but also a potential candidate for the development of natural fertilizer applicable to crop plant soil.
Keywords
Feather; Fertilizer; Keratin; Keratinase;
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