A thermophilic bacterial strain, Streptomyces thermonitrificans, produced high levels of extracellular deoxyribonuclease (DNase) when grown on NBG medium (containing 1% peptone, 0.3% beef extract, 1% glucose and 0.5% NaCl). Maximum DNase activity (140 U ml−1) was obtained, in 24 h, when the culture was grown on modified NBG medium (containing 1.3% beef extract, 1% glucose, 0.5% NaCl and 50 μM Mn2+ at 45°C. The crude enzyme showed higher activity on native DNA than on sonicated and heat denatured DNA. Moreover, addition of Mn2+ in the assay mixture resulted in a significant stimulation (10–15 fold) of the enzyme activity.
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Received 24 November 1998/ Accepted in revised form 25 April 1999
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Deshmukh, S., Shankar, V. Extracellular deoxyribonuclease production by a thermophile, Streptomyces thermonitrificans . J Ind Microbiol Biotech 23, 709–712 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jim.2900687
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