TO EXPLORE THE BIOTECHNOLOGICAL POTENTIAL OF OCEANOBACILLUS SP. BRI 39

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*1Suryakant Ranjan, Dr. Awaneet Kumar, Kawaljeet Kaur, Himanshu Sekhar Behera

Vol 18, No 1 ( 2023 )   |  Licensing: CC 4.0   |   Pg no: 273-283   |   Published on: 16-03-2023

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Abstract
Oceanobacillus sp. BRI 39 is a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium isolated from Antarctic seawater. The isolate was screened for various extracellular enzymes. Our results revealed the ability of the isolate to produce lipase, pectinase, cellulase, and urease. BRI 39 showed growth and enzyme production at a NaCl concentration of 10%. The activities of all the enzymes (crude extracts) were observed even at 10% NaCl concentration indicating their possible industrial applications. Moreover, the isolate produces bio-surfactant as observed from the hemolysis obtained on blood agar plates. Bio-surfactants have multiple applications in microbial-enhanced oil recovery, hydrocarbon degradation, etc. Overall, the study found that Oceanobacillus sp. BRI 39 might be used as a bioresource for a variety of biotechnological purposes.

Keywords:
Oceanobacillus sp. BRI 39, Lipase, Urease, Cellulase, Biosurfactants

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