Isolation of a strain of Variovorax sp.R3063 withcellulase activity from termite
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Key Words:termite,cellulose-degradation bacteria,cellulase,Variovorax sp.
Abstract: A bacterial strain with cellulase activity was cultured from the hindgut suspension of the termite Reticulitermes flaviceps using a medium with sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC-Na) as the sole carbon source.Phenotypic characterization,including morphology,gram-staining and growth and 16S rDNA gene sequence analysis indicate that the strain belongs to the genus Variovorax.