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The strain SES28 was isolated from an indoor contaminated agar plate during a screening program for alkaliphilic CM-cellulose-degrading bacteria. It showed a prominent clear hydrolysis of the substrate at pH 10. The 16S rDNA analysis related it to the genus Nocardiopsis . Nocardiopsis sp. SES28 was able to grow at pH values up to 10.5, the major biomass being produced at pH 10, and pH 8 was the optimum for β-1,4-glucanase production. The optimum pH for β-1,4-glucanase activity was 9.0, and it was higher than 60% throughout the pH range 6.5–10.0; showing 94% of its a relative activity at pH 10. The feature of this bacterium to produce β-1,4-glucanase active in a broad pH-range might be useful for detergent- and textile-processing technologies.
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This work was supported by CONICET (PEI 6166, PIP6205). Fundación Antorchas. Agregaduría Científica de la Embajada de Italia en Argentina.
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Walker, D., Ledesma, P., Delgado, O. et al. High endo-β-1,4-d-glucanase activity in a broad pH range from the alkali-tolerant Nocardiopsis sp. SES28. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 22, 761–764 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-005-9097-x
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