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Actinobacteria isolated from termite guts as a source of novel oxidative enzymes
Authors:Marilize Le Roes-Hill  Jeffrey Rohland  Stephanie Burton
Affiliation:(1) Biocatalysis and Technical Biology Research Group, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, PO Box 1906, Bellville, 7535, South Africa;(2) Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Private Bag 1, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7701, South Africa;(3) Present address: Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 1, 35043 Marburg, Germany
Abstract:
A multi-faceted screening programme was designed to search for the oxidases, laccase, peroxidase and tyrosinase. Actinobacteria were selectively isolated from the paunch and colon region of the hindguts of the higher termite, Amitermes hastatus. The isolates were subjected to solid media assays (dye decolourization, melanin production and the utilization of indulin AT as sole carbon source) and liquid media assays. Eleven of the 39 strains had the ability to decolourize the dye RBBR, an indicator for the production of peroxidases in actinobacteria. Melanin production on ISP6 and ISP7 agar plates served as a good indicator for laccase and/or tyrosinase production and the ability of the strains to grow in the presence of indulin AT as a sole carbon source served as a good indicator of lignin peroxidase and/or general peroxidase production. Enzyme-producing strains were cultivated in liquid media and extracellular enzyme activities measured. Strains with the ability to produce oxidative enzymes under the conditions tested were identified to genus level by 16S rRNA gene analysis and compared to known oxidase producers. A strong relationship was observed between the environment sampled (termite guts where lignocellulose degradation occurs) and the dominant type of oxidative enzyme activity detected (laccases and peroxidases), which suggests the possibility of future targeted screening protocols linking the physical properties of the target enzymes with specific operational conditions required, such as lignocellulosic degradation in the preparation of biofuel feedstocks.
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