Production and Properties of Hemicellulases by an Isolate of Microbacterium sp.

A bacterium producing the extracellular mannanase and xylanase was isolated from Korean farm soil by successive subcultures in a minimal medium supplemented with palm kernel meal (PKM) and rice bran. The isolate YB-1106 showed 98% similarity with Microbacterium arabinogalactanolyticum on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequences. The additional carbohydrates including locust bean gum (LBG) and PKM increased the mannanase productivity of the YB-1106, while the xylanase productivity of the isolate was increased by wheat bran, oat spelt xylan, rice bran and xylose. Particularly, maximum mannanase and xylanase activities were obtained in the culture filtrate of tryptic soy broth supplemented with 1% LBG or 2% wheat bran, respectively. Both enzyme activities were produced at stationary growth phase. The mannanase of culture supernatant was the most active at $50^{\circ}C$ and pH 6.0, while xylanase of culture supernatant was the most active at $55^{\circ}C$ and pH 6.5. The predominant products resulting from the mannanase or xylanase hydrolysis were oligosaccharides for LBG or xylan, respectively.

Microbacterium sp. 분리균의 Hemicellulases 생산성과 효소특성

유일 탄소원으로 palm kernel meal (PKM)과 밀기울을 함유한 최소배지에서 농후배양하여 작물 재배 토양으로부터 xylan과 locust bean gum (LBG)에 대한 분해활성이 있는 균을 분리하였다. 분리균 YB-1106의 16S rRNA 유전자 염기서열을 조사한 결과 Microbacterium arabinogalactanolyticum와 98% 유사도를 보였다. 분리균의 xylanase는 밀기울, oat spelt xylan, 미강 및 xylose와 같은 부가탄소원에 의해 생산성이 증가된 반면에 mannanase는 LBG와 PKM에 의해 생산성이 증가되었다. 특히 Xylanase는 밀기울 2%를 첨가한 배지, mannanase는 1% LBG를 첨가한 배지에서 각각 생산성이 가장 높았으며 모두 정지기에서 생산이 되었다. 분리균의 배양 상등액은 $50^{\circ}C$와 pH 6.0에서 mannanase의 최대활성을 보였으며, $50^{\circ}C$와 pH 6.5에서 xylanase의 최적반응 활성을 나타냈다. Mannanase에 의해 분해된 LBG와 xylanase에 의해 분해된 xylan으로부터 각각 분해산물로 올리고당이 관찰되었다.