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Extracellular cellulolytic and xylanolytic enzymes ofStreptomyces sp. EC22 were produced during submerged fermentation. The cell-free culture supernatant of the streptomycete grown on microcrystalline cellulose contained enzymes able to depolymerize both crystalline and soluble celluloses and xylans. Higher cellulase and xylanase activities were found in the cell-free culture supernatant of the strain when grown on microcrystalline cellulose than when grown on xylan. Total cellulase and endoglucanase [carboxymethyl-cellulase (CMCase)] activities reached maxima after 72 h and xylanase activity was maximal after 60h. Temperature and pH optima were 55°C and 5.0 for CMCase activity and 60°C and 5.5 for total crystalline cellulase and xylanase activities. At 80°C, approximate half-lives of the enzymes were 37, 81 and 51 min for CMCase, crystalline cellulose depolymerization and xylanase, respectively.
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Okeke, B.C., Paterson, A. Simultaneous production and induction of cellulolytic and xylanolytic enzymes in aStreptomyces sp.. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 8, 483–487 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01201945
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