Screening and Phylogenetic Analysis on A Protease-producing Bacillus Species
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Abstract
Bacteria isolated from the soil around a lake in Xizang(Tibet),China were studied.Physiological and phylogenetic analysis were conducted to understand the diversity and ecological distribution of the psycrotrophic and psycrophlic populations in the area.On NA media,the collected cold-adapted strains of bacteria that produced protease were cultured.Their taxonomic identity and genetic variability were determined according to their partial16 SrRNA gene sequences.Of the 16 isolates,FJAT-24893 was found to exhibit a high protease activity.It was subsequently identified as Bacillus frigoritolerans.The optimal protease-producing conditions for culturing the strain were determined to be 25℃and pH8.
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