Title
Extracellular proteases produced by marine bacteria isolated from sea water contaminated with fishing effluents
Other title
[Proteasas extracelulares producidas por bacterias marinas aisladas de aguas contaminadas con efluentes pesqueros]
Date Issued
01 January 2004
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
A total of 26 strains of marine bacteria with proteolytic activity was isolated from sea water contaminated with fishing effluents; they were evaluated in basis of their growth and formation of activity halos in Marine Agar supplemented with casein to 1%, pH 8,0 and incubated to 25 °C per 72 hours. Selected five strains were evaluated on the basis of displaying the best halos of activity as well by their growth and production of proteases at different concentrations of NaCl, temperature ranges and pH; being finally considered as moderate halotolerants bacteria, psicrotrophics and alkalophile. These strains also were evaluated by their specific proteolytic activity on the casein, being strain CM48 (Pseudomonas sp.) the one that presented the best specific activity (17,38 U/mg) at 72 hours, and followed by strain CM45 (Alcaligenes sp.) (12,09 U/mg) and three strains of Aeromonas sp. (CM43, CM44 and CM46) with values of 12,02; 10,07 and 10,10 U/mg respectively.
Start page
179
End page
186
Volume
11
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología celular, Microbiología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85007506978
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
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