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Hot springs are a valuable source of biologically significant chemicals due to their high microbial diversity. To investigate the possibilities for industrial uses of these bacteria, researchers collected water and sediment samples from variety of hot springs. Our investigation employed both culture-dependent and culture-independent techniques, including 16S-based marker gene analysis of the microbiota from the hot springs of Surajkund, Jharkhand. In addition, we cultivated thermophilic isolates and screened for their ability to produce amylase, xylanase, and cellulase. After the optimized production of amylase the enzyme was partially purified and characterized using UPLC, DLS-ZP, and TGA. The retention time for the amylase was observed to be around 0.5 min. We confirmed the stability of the amylase at higher temperatures through observation of a steady thermo gravimetric profile at 400 °C. One of the thermophilic isolates obtained from the kund, demonstrated the potential to degrade lignocellulosic agricultural waste.
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Fontes Termais , RNA Ribossômico 16S/genética , Índia , Agricultura , Amilases/genéticaRESUMO
The biotransformation of acrylonitrile was investigated using thermophilic nitrilase produced from a new isolate Streptomyces sp. MTCC 7546 in both the free and immobilized state. Under optimal conditions,the enzyme converts nitriles to acids without the formation of amides.The whole cells of the isolate were immobilized in agar-agar and the beads so formed were evaluated for 25 cycles at 50 degrees C. The enzyme showed a little loss of activity during reuse. Seventy-one per cent of 0.5 M acrylonitrile was converted to acid at 6 h of incubation at a very low density of immobilized cells, while 100% conversion was observed at 3 h by free cells.
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Acrilonitrila/metabolismo , Aminoidrolases/metabolismo , Streptomyces/metabolismo , Ágar , Biotransformação , Células Imobilizadas/metabolismo , Streptomyces/isolamento & purificaçãoRESUMO
Entrapped cells of P. diminuta were used for the production of 7-aminocephalosporanic acid (7-ACA), a key intermediate required for the production of most of the clinically used cephalosporin derivatives, i.e., semisynthetic cephalosporins. The repeated batch production of 7-ACA with entrapped cells of P. diminuta in different carriers were carried out for six cycles at optimal conditions. It was found that 33% , 38%, and 47% of activity was lost with chitosan, gelatin, and agar, respectively as immobilizing supports after the sixth cycle of operation.
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Reatores Biológicos/microbiologia , Técnicas de Cultura de Células/métodos , Cefalosporinas/metabolismo , Pseudomonas/citologia , Pseudomonas/fisiologia , Proliferação de Células , Sobrevivência CelularRESUMO
7-Aminocephalosporanic acid (7-ACA), the starting material for the production of a number of clinically used semisynthetic cephalosporins, is produced by deacylation of cephalosporin-C. The production of 7-ACA was studied in various modes, at the optimal conditions using free and immobilized whole cells of Pseudomonas diminuta.