HUBEI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ›› 2020, Vol. 59 ›› Issue (16): 130-133.doi: 10.14088/j.cnki.issn0439-8114.2020.16.029

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Identification and mutation breeding of a halophilic strain with high α-amylase-producing activity

ZHANG Wei1, WU Xiao-wei2, YAO Yan-hong1, ZHANG Fen-fen1, ZHOU Xiao-lun1   

  1. 1. Department of Pathogenic Biology, Gansu Medical College, Pingliang 744000, Gansu, China;
    2. Molecular Biology Lab, Shenzhen Shangwei High Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong, China
  • Received:2019-11-10 Online:2020-08-25 Published:2020-10-09

Abstract: A halophilic strain NWU-8 that produced α-amylase was isolated and screened from the soil. Through morphological, physiological and biochemical and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, the strain NWU-8 was identified as Halorubrum sp., and the initial amylase activity was 32 U/mL. In order to improve the ability of the strain to produce α-amylase, the strain NWU-8 was mutated by He-Ne irradiation. After the mutation, the mutant NWU-8-14 produced alpha-amylase activity up to 138 U/mL, which was 331% higher than the wild strain. In addition, when the salt concentration was as high as 35%, its α-amylase activity still maintained 80 U/mL. NWU-8-14 was a kind of salt phages with high amylase production. This mutant strain had broad application prospects in food fermentation and environmental protection.

Key words: amylase, halophilic bacteria, mutation, enzyme activity

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