Abstract
Soil samples having decomposed forest litter of tree species viz., Bischofia javanica, Phoebe paniculata, Dimocarpus longan and Terminalia chebula were collected from Sirumalai Hills of Dindigul District and three bacterial colonies were isolated. Extracellular protein production, reducing sugar level, saccharification values and cellulase activity of three bacterial cultures were tested in pure carboxy methyl cellulose (CMC) and holocellulose from selected leaf litter powder. From this study it is inferred that all the three bacteria have high potential to produce extra cellular protein. Mycobacterium lavaneformes has the ability to produce enzymes for saccharification. Cellulomonas fimi can be effectively used for the production of microbial biomass protein (MBP) from the CMC and also for biodegradation of the cellulose present in the leaf litter of forest plantations.
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