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Biodegradation of poultry feathers by a novel bacterial isolate <i style="">Bacillus altitudinis</i> GVC11

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Creator Kumar, E Vijay
Srijana, M
Chaitanya, K
Reddy, Y Harish Kumar
Reddy, Gopal
 
Date 2011-10-31T10:37:41Z
2011-10-31T10:37:41Z
2011-10
 
Identifier 0975-0967 (Online); 0972-5849 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12988
 
Description 502-507
Keratinolytic microorganisms have great importance in feather waste degradation and its use for improvement of livestock feed and production of protein hydrolysates. <i>Bacillus altitudinis </i>GVC11, a novel, raw chicken feather degrading bacterium, previously isolated and identified by morphological, biochemical and 16s rDNA sequencing in our laboratory, was used in the present study. It was grown in a medium containing only poultry feathers as sole carbon and nitrogen source. GVC11 was able to degrade white and dark chicken feathers in 48 and 96 h, respectively. Degradation of white feather including rachis and barbules was observed under electron microscope. The optimum conditions for keratinase production and feather degradation by GVC11 were <i style="">p</i>H 9, 37<sup>o</sup>C and 200 rpm. Essential amino acids like phenyl alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine and threonine were observed in supernatant obtained after feather degradation at concentrations of 124, 88, 19, 17, and 11 <img src='/image/spc_char/micro.gif' border=0>mols, respectively per 100 mL of broth. Biodegradation of feathers by <i>B. altitudinis </i>GVC11 can be used for keratinase and oligopeptide production and degraded feather biomass can also be utilized as animal feed supplement.
 
Language en_US
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Rights <img src='http://nopr.niscair.res.in/image/cc-license-sml.png'> <a href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/in' target='_blank'>CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India</a>
 
Source IJBT Vol.10(4) [October 2011]
 
Subject <i style="">Bacillus altitudinis</i>
Essential amino acids
Keratinase
Oligopeptides
Poultry feathers
PITC
 
Title Biodegradation of poultry feathers by a novel bacterial isolate <i style="">Bacillus altitudinis</i> GVC11
 
Type Article