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An extremely thermophilic aerobic bacterium which produced β-glucosidase was isolated from soil collected at the Yudanaka hot spring in Japan. It was identified as belonging to the genus Thermus. Production of β-glucosidase by this bacterium was stimulated by the addition of cellobiose or laminaribiose to the medium. The optimum pH and temperature of the enzyme were 4.5–6.5 and 85° C respectively. The enzyme was stable in the pH range of 4.5–7.0 at 70° C for 2 h and the half-life at 75° C was 5 days. The K m value of the enzyme for p-nitrophenyl-β-d-glucopyranoside, determined at 70° C in 0.1 M sodium phosphate buffer (pH 6.5), was 0.28 mM while the K m was 2.0 mM for cellobiose. The enzyme effectively hydrolysed cellobiose at 70° C and the conversion yields of cellobiose to glucose were 95%, 93% and 90% at substrate concentrations of 5%, 10% and 15%, respectively.
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Takase, M., Horikoshi, K. A thermostable β-glucosidase isolated from a bacterial species of the genus Thermus . Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 29, 55–60 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00258351
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