Folia Microbiologica

, Volume 46, Issue 1, pp 94–96 | Cite as

Multiple endoxylanases ofButyrivibrio sp.

  • M. Zorec
  • T. Čepeljnik
  • F. V. Nekrep
  • R. Marinšek Logar
2nd ISAM (International Symposium on Anaerobic Microbiology) Anaerobic Microbiology: Centeral European Perspective held in Prague (Czechia) November 10–11, 2000

Abstract

Butyrivibrio sp. Mz 5 with a high xylanolytic activity was isolated. Four major xylanases were detected in the cell-associated fraction using the zymogram technique. The xylanolytic activity was inducible with the oat spelts xylan; two endoxylanases (51 and 145 kDa) were formed constitutively. The bulk of the xylanolytic activity was cell-bound and growth-phase dependent; the maximum activity in the cell-associated fraction was achieved after 16 h of incubation. The highest xylanolytic activity was determined in a medium with 0.5% oat spelts xylan. Under optimum conditions (the highest xylanolytic activity produced), the two cell-bound xylanases (51 and 58 kDa) were isolated by anion exchange chromatography on CIM DEAE 8 tubes attached to a MPLC system, and gel filtration.

Keywords

Xylanolytic Enzyme Xylanolytic Activity Ruminal Bacterium Hungate Tube Xylan Concentration 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • M. Zorec
    • 1
  • T. Čepeljnik
    • 1
  • F. V. Nekrep
    • 1
  • R. Marinšek Logar
    • 1
  1. 1.Zootechnical Department, Biotechnical FacultyUniversity of LjubljanaDomžaleSlovenia

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