Studies on agarolytic bacterial isolates from agricultural and industrial soil.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Soil is rich in microbes which can be used for a variety of purposes starting from decomposition to antibiotic production. Agar-agar, extracted from the marine environment, is an important polysaccharide that has multiple uses after degradation by microbes. The aim of this study was to isolate bacteria that produced agarase enzyme, from a variety of soil sources and study their morphological and biochemical characterization. The enzyme activity of the isolates was also studied at 3 different pH, temperature and agar concentration.

Materials and methods

Agarolytic isolates, were identified from industrial and agar- enriched agriculture soil by serial dilution method using MSA media that contains agar as the only source of carbon. Qualitative analysis

SUBMITTER: Parashar S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6339996 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature