Various microbial strains capable of producing cellulases, xylanase, and pectinase were isolated from the fermented sawdusts and rotten woods, and soils of volcano, bamboo forest, botanical garden, and soils of surrounding areas of a cold lake and a h...
Various microbial strains capable of producing cellulases, xylanase, and pectinase were isolated from the fermented sawdusts and rotten woods, and soils of volcano, bamboo forest, botanical garden, and soils of surrounding areas of a cold lake and a hot spring. One fungal strain appeared to produce relatively high amount of cellulases, xylanase, and pectinase. This fungal strain was identified as Lecythophora sp. YP3-6-3 according to its ITS, 18S, and 26S sequences. The culture conditions for maximal production of the enzymes by the isolate YP3-6-3 using ATCC cellulose medium 907 were optimized. The production of the enzymes by the isolate from various lignocellulosic substrates such as flame grass, reed, empty fruit bunch, rice straw, and barley straw were examined. Of the five different substrates, barley straw produced the highest production of endocellulase, exocellulase, filter paperase, xylanase, and pectinase. The optimum culture conditions were found to be 36℃, initial medium pH 5, C/N ratio 7, and 6 days of culture time. Under these optimal conditions, the production of CMCase, filter paperase, β-glucosidase, avicelase, xylanase production were improved to 12.3 U/㎖, 6.7 U/㎖, 4.6 U/㎖, 2.1 U/㎖, and 65.0 U/㎖, respectively, from 4 U/㎖, 2.3 U/㎖, 2.3 U/㎖, 1.8 U/㎖, and 24.1 U/㎖, respectively, of pre-optimization.