ISSN:
1432-0789
Keywords:
Soil protease
;
Andosol
;
Gray Lowland soil
;
Bacillus spp
;
Proteolytic bacteria
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Geosciences
,
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Abstract Selective inhibition of bacterial or fungal growth in remoistened, oven-dried, inoculated Andosols indicated that bacteria were a more important source of benzyloxycarbonyl-l-phenylalanyl-l-leucine hydrolyzing activity (z-FLase) and casein-hydrolyzing activity (caseinase) than fungi. The same test indicated that bacteria were also a more important source of soil caseinase under upland conditions in a Gray Lowland soil. Most of the proteolytic bacteria isolated from the three upland fields by azocoll agar plates (Andosol upland field, 100%; Andosol uncultivated field, 96.4%; Gray Lowland upland field, 70.0%) wereBacillus spp. Most (100%, 97.1%, and 84.0%, respectively) of the gelatin liquefiers selected from the azocoll degraders, as those with high extracellular z-FLase and caseinase, were alsoBacillus spp. We conclude thatBacillus spp. are the major source of soil protease in the three upland fields studied.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00570638
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