ISOLATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF CELLULOLYTIC ACTIVITY OF BACTERIA AND FUNGI FROM THE SOIL OF PAPER RECYCLING UNIT AT PERIYAR MANIAMMAI UNIVERSITY

Enzymes are mostly used for the production of food and pharmaceutical products and the major source of these enzymes are microorganisms, plants, and animals. The most important group of hydrolytic enzymes is cellulase. Here we use microorganisms to produce cellulase to get high yield at low cost and the microorganisms were isolated from the soil found at the paper recycling unit. The bacteria and fungs were isolated and identified using the standard methods and the bacteria were studied for its glucose concentration and the fungs were studied for the cellulase production. Totally 6 bacteria and 8 fungus were isolated and identified. Among the bacteria only Brucella canis, Enterobacter aerogenes and Eruvinia psidii produced high yield of glucose and the fungus Torula herbarum produce high yield of cellulase. Finally, we concluded that for the production cellulase microorganism should be the good source in addition to that paper recycling unit soil would be the new and effective source for the enzymes.