Production of thermostable pectinase and xylanase for their potential application in bleaching of kraft pulp |
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Authors: | Sonia Ahlawat Bindu Battan Saurabh Sudha Dhiman Jitender Sharma Rishi Pal Mandhan |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biotechnology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, 136119, India |
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Abstract: | A very high level of alkalophilic and thermostable pectinase and xylanase has been produced from newly isolated strains of
Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus pumilus respectively. Enzyme production for pectinase was carried out under SSF using combinations of cheap agricultural residues
while xylanase was produced under submerged fermentation using wheat bran as substrate to minimize the cost of production
of these enzymes Among the various substrates tested, the highest yield of pectinase production was observed by using combination
of WB + CW (6592 U/g of dry substrate) supplemented with 4% yeast extract when incubated at 37 °C for 72 h using deionized
water of pH 7.0 as moistening agent. The biobleaching effect of these cellulase free enzymes on kraft pulp was determined.
Both xylanase and pectinase showed stability over a broad range of pH from 6 to 10 and temperature from 55 to 70 °C. The bleaching
efficiency of the pectinase and xylanase on kraft pulp was maximum after 150 min at 60 °C using enzyme dosage of 5 IU/ml of
each enzyme at 10% pulp consistency with about 16% reduction in kappa number and 84% reduction in permanganate number. Enzyme
treated pulp when subjected to CDED1D2 steps, 25% reduction in chlorine consumption and upto 19% reduction in consumption of chlorine dioxide was observed for obtaining
the same %ISO brightness. Also an increase of 22 and 84% in whiteness and fluorescence respectively and a decrease of approximately
19% in the yellowness of the biotreated pulp were observed by pretreatment of the pulp with our enzymatic mixture. |
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Keywords: | Pectinase Xylanase Biobleaching Thermostable Cellulase-free |
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