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WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY
卷 24, 期 11, 页码 2383-2388出版社
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DOI: 10.1007/s11274-008-9757-8
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Bacillus; biodegradation; immobilization; nitrilase; thermostability
A moderately thermophilic Gram-positive, sporulating, rod-shaped strain of Bacillus with nitrile-degrading activity was isolated from polluted industrial waters. Whole cells and cell-free extracts from the end of exponential growth phase expressed 7.6 nkat mg(-1) and 2.0 nkat mg(-1) benzonitrile-degrading activity, respectively, after cultivation in a fermentor with complex medium containing benzonitrile as an inducer. The benzonitrile degradation took place via the nitrilase pathway directly to benzoic acid without intermediate formation of benzamide. Samples with benzonitrilase activity of 7.6 nkat mg(-1) converted 3 mg benzonitrile in 1 h at 45 degrees C. The half-life of benzonitrilase activity for a whole cell suspension and for cells immobilized in 2% agar was 4.5 min and 6 min at 70 degrees C without substrate and 3 min at 90 degrees C with substrate, respectively. The nitrilase had a broad substrate spectrum. The active biocatalyst obtained by immobilization was used in a continuous process and total biodegradation of 14.1 mM benzonitrile and 37.2 mM 4-cyanopyridine in a column bioreactor at 50 degrees C for 5 h was achieved.
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