Isolation and screening of thermophilic cellulytic organisms
Specimens were collected from hot spring and compost. Tree strains of TCM were isolated through paper as the sole carbon source and Congo Red CMC-Na medium. The experiment of carbon source and temperature was done. The result showed strains of TCM had high-activity cellulose-degradation under high temperature. They could grow between 40~60 ℃ with the optimum growth temperature of 50~60 ℃. All the three strains have high activity of CMC enzyme and FPA enzyme.