Abstract
The modified medium composed of the alkaline-pretreated oil palm empty fruit bunch (APEFB) and tuna condensate powder was used for cellulase and xylanase productions by Streptomyces thermocoprophilus strain TC13W. The APEFB contained 74.46% (w/w) cellulose, 15.72% (w/w) hemicellulose, and 6.40% (w/w) lignin. The tuna condensate powder contained 55.49% (w/w) protein and 11.05% (w/w) salt. In the modified medium with only 6.75g/l tuna condensate powder, 10g/l APEFB, and 0.5g/l Tween 80, S. thermocoprophilus strain TC13W produced cellulase 4.9U/ml and xylanase 9.0U/ml. The enzyme productions in the modified medium were lower than cellulase (6.0U/ml) and xylanase (12.0U/ml) productions in the complex medium (CaCl2 0.1, MgSO4·7H2O 0.1, KH2PO4 0.5, K2HPO4 1.0, NaCl 0.2, yeast extract 5.0, NH4NO3 1.0, Tween 80 0.5). When tuna condensate powder in the modified medium was reduced to 5.0g/l and Tween 80 was increased to 1.5g/l, S. thermocoprophilus strain TC13W produced cellulase and xylanase activities of 9.1 and 12.1U/ml, respectively. This study shows that the cost of enzyme production could be reduced by using pretreated EFB and tuna condensate as a carbon and a nitrogen source, respectively.
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