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A strain of Kocuria rosea with keratinolytic activity was isolated. This Gram-positive coccus-shaped bacterium was able to degrade whole feathers in 72 h at 40°C. In batch culture, the optimum temperature for feather degradation, bacterial growth and protease secretion was 40°C. Under these conditions, biomass and caseinolytic activity reached 3.2 g/l and 0.15 U/ml, respectively, after 36 h incubation. Extracellular protease secretion was associated with the exponential growth phase. Feather degradation reached 51 % in 72 h with a yield on biomass of 0.32 g/g. Enzymatic assay by polyacrylamide-gelatine gels showed two bands with alkaline proteolytic activities in the fermentation juice after 72 h of culture.
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Coello, N., Vidal, L. (2001). Kocuria Rosea as a New Feather Degrading Bacteria. In: Durieux, A., Simon, J.P. (eds) Applied Microbiology. Focus on Biotechnology, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46888-3_12
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