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Identification of gut‐associated amylase, cellulase and protease‐producing bacteria in three species of Indian major carps
Author(s) -
Ray Arun Kumar,
Roy Tanami,
Mondal Sabyasachi,
Ringø Einar
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
aquaculture research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-2109
pISSN - 1355-557X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2009.02437.x
Subject(s) - catla , biology , bacillus cereus , citrobacter freundii , 16s ribosomal rna , microbiology and biotechnology , bacillus coagulans , cellulase , amylase , bacteria , citrobacter , protease , strain (injury) , bacillus (shape) , escherichia coli , enzyme , enterobacter , carp , gene , enterobacteriaceae , biochemistry , genetics , fishery , anatomy , fish <actinopterygii>
Isolation and enumeration of amylase, cellulase and protease‐producing autochthonous bacteria in the proximal intestine (PI) and distal intestine (DI) of three species of Indian major carps, catla ( Catla catla ), mrigal ( Cirrhinus mrigala ) and rohu ( Labeo rohita ), were investigated using the conventional culture‐based technique. Population levels of amylolytic strains were the highest in the PI of catla and the lowest in the DI of rohu. The highest viable count of cellulase and protease‐producing bacteria was recorded in the DI and PI of mrigal respectively. Among the bacteria isolated, 10 strains (five from PI and five from DI) were selected as potent enzyme producers according to a quantitative enzyme assay. The chosen strains were further identified by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. The five strains isolated from catla showed high similarity to Citrobacter sp. clone W2, Enterobacter sp. JA24, Bacillus coagulans strain TR, uncultured bacterial clone Hel3bc04 and Bacillus cereus strain UST2006‐BC004. The four strains isolated from mrigal were most closely related to Bacillus sp. KCd2, uncultured bacterial clone Hel3bd09, B. cereus strain BU040901‐020 and Citrobacter freundii strain YRL11, while the strain isolated from rohu probably belonged to Bacillus sp. GV.