ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

Meshref Awad Alruwaili
College of Applied Medical Science, Aljouf University, Clinical Lab. Science, B.O. 2014, Skaka, KSA.
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2014;8(Spl. Edn. 2):239-247
© The Author(s). 2014
Received: 10/08/2014 | Accepted: 30/10/2014 | Published: 30/11/2014
Abstract

The activities of esterase and lipase by thermophilic Bacillus strain HUTB 20 were monitored during incubation at 53oC, 25oC and after 53oC to 25oC shift in growth temperature. Activities of both enzymes were increased after 27 hours growth but were undetectable or reduced from 0 hour up to 3 hours. The highest activities for both enzymes were at 53oC in the presence of olive oil. The highest enzymes activities obtained in sonicated cells followed by homogenized cells and then cell culture supernatant. At 25oC, esterase activity was higher than the activity of lipase in the presence of Tween 80 and Tween 20. However, lipase was in high activity than esterase in the presence of olive oil at 25oC. The activity of both enzymes was low after cold shock in the presence of various carbon sources. The increased activity of a cell associated esterase and extracellular lipolytic enzymes and production of an extracellular polysaccharide suggested that these enzymes are required for growth at low and high temperatures.

Keywords

Esterase, Lipase activies, Thermophilic Bacillus strains, Temperatures

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