Abstract
Marine Bacillus species are potent producers of novel enzymes. Marine Bacillus VITRKHB was observed to be efficient for cellulolytic activity. It was employed for the production of extracellular cellulase. Cellulase was partially purified to 1.6-fold in a stepwise manner by ammonium sulfate precipitation, dialysis, and DEAE ion exchange chromatography. The molecular weight of purified protein was found to be about 33 kDa by SDS-PAGE. Its specific activity was recorded as 1.92 IU/mg. The effect of various carbon and nitrogen sources on cellulase production was investigated. The maximum enzyme activity was recorded in the fermentation media containing xylose as carbon source and beef extract as nitrogen source. The combined interactive effect of different variables on cellulase production was studied by response surface methodology. The optimized combination of variables for maximum enzyme activity was determined as; xylose 5.0 %, beef extract 6.9 %, pH 7.83, NaCl 1.17, and temperature 25.84 °C, after 24 h of incubation.
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