Tyrosinase and laccase-producing Bacillus aryabhattai TFG5 and its role in the polymerization of phenols

BMC Microbiology

Sivakumar Uthandi¹  Syed Shameer¹  Iniyakumar Muniraj² 

[1] Biocatalysts Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, 641 003, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India;Biocatalysts Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, 641 003, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India;Present address: Department of Agricultural Microbiology, AMRITA School of Agricultural Sciences, Arasampalayam, 642 109, Coimbatore, India;

关键词: Bacillus aryabhattai;    Tyrosinase;    Laccase;    ARDRA;    Polymerization of phenols;    FT-IR;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12866-021-02258-3

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundTyrosinases and laccases are oxidoreductase enzymes that are used widely in the food, feed, textile, and biofuel industries. The rapidly growing industrial demand for bacterial oxido-reductases has encouraged research on this enzyme worldwide. These enzymes also play a key role in the formation of humic substances (HS) that are involved in controlling the biogeochemical carbon cycle, providing nutrients and bio-stimulants for plant growth, and interacting with inorganic and organic pollutants besides increasing carbon sequestration and mitigating greenhouse gas emission in the environment. The present study aimed to screen and characterize extracellular tyrosinase and laccase-producing soil bacteria that could be utilized in the polymerization of phenols.ResultsTwenty isolates from different soil samples collected from forest ecosystems were characterized through ARDRA using restriction digestion with AluI, HpaII, and HaeIII restriction enzymes. The results of Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA) revealed a 60 % similarity coefficient among 13 out of 20 isolates, of which, the isolate TFG5 exhibited only 10 % similarity when compared to all the other isolates. The isolate TFG5 exhibited both tyrosinase (1.34 U.mL− 1) and laccase (2.01 U.mL− 1) activity and was identified as Bacillus aryabhattai. The increased polymerization activity was observed when B. aryabhattai TFG5 was treated with phenols. The monomers such as catechol, p-Hydroxy benzoic acid, ferulic acid, and salicylic acid were polymerized efficiently, as evidenced by their FT-IR spectra depicting increased functional groups compared to the standard mushroom tyrosinase.ConclusionsThe polymerization ability of B. aryabhattai TFG5 could be applied to phenol-rich wastewater treatment for efficient precipitation of phenols. Furthermore, tyrosinases can be used for enhancing the synthesis of HS in soil.

【 授权许可】

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