What is it about?
This study aimed to produce multiple thermoenzymes and haloenzymes (protease, cellulase, amylase and xylanase) expressed by Bacillus subtilis strain SR60, a bacterial symbiont isolated from Siderastrea stellate (Verrill, 1868) in a Brazilian coral reefs ecosystem.
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Why is it important?
The marine environment harbours different microorganisms that inhabit niches with adverse conditions, such as temperature variation, pressure and salinity. To survive these particular conditions, marine bacteria use unique metabolic and biochemical features, producing enzymes that may have industrial value.
Perspectives
The Bacillus sp. isolate identified in this study, Bacillus subtilis SR60, has the capacity for proteases, cellulases, amylases and xylanases with thermostable and halotolerant characteristics. These products can be used as thermostable enzymes in the production of biofuels in crucial stages of this bioprocess.
MSc Yago Queiroz Santos
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
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This page is a summary of: Screening of protease, cellulase, amylase and xylanase from the salt-tolerant and thermostable marine Bacillus subtilis strain SR60, F1000Research, October 2018, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.,
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.16542.1.
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