- Title
- Waste keratinous biomass valorization and characterization of keratinases produced by exiguobacteria species
- Creator
- Dlume, Tutuka
- Subject
- Factory and trade waste -- Biodegradation
- Subject
- Bioremediation
- Date Issued
- 2021-02
- Date
- 2021-02
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/20695
- Identifier
- vital:46438
- Description
- Keratinous wastes are emanating in a million tons, as by-products, from various agro-industrial processing plants. Consequently, they create a serious solid waste problem in the environment due to poor handling. Microbial keratinases are proteolytic enzymes that effectively participate in keratin-rich biomass hydrolyses such as feathers, nail, hair, hooves, and horns. Therefore, proper management of these wastes via recycling into useful products is ecologically imperative. Biodegradation of keratin-rich biomass has been identified as an economical and environmentally friendly way of transforming these recalcitrant agro wastes into useful products, hence the motivation for this study. Feather degrading bacterial strains previously isolated from a municipal dumpsite and coded as SSB-02 and SSB-03 was identified through 16S rDNA sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. The fermentation conditions for keratinase production were optimized. The protein and amino acids constituents of the hydrolyzed chicken feather were analyzed. The biochemical properties of the keratinase produced were determined. Also, the effect of laundry detergents on the stability of the keratinase was studied. The isolates coded as SSB-02 and SSB-03 showed a high percentage of sequence homology with Exguobacterium spp., hence they were identified as Exiguobacterium sp. FBH5 and Exiguobacterium acetylicum FHBD, respectively. Exiguobacterium sp. FBH5 showed the highest extracellular keratinase production of 934.58 ± 27.27 U/mL at 72 h of incubation; in optimized fermentation conditions that included pH (5.0), temperature (30 oC), and chicken feather (0.5percent, w/v). Similarly, E. acetylicum FHBD displayed optimal keratinase production of 1023.64 ± 25.71 U/mL at 120 h of fermentation and improved fermentation conditions that involved pH (3.0), temperature (35 oC) and chicken feathers (0.5-1.5percent; w/v). The amino acid analysis showed that arginine, aspartic acid and glutamic acid were the most abundant amino acids cleaved from the degradation of chicken feathers by Exiguobacterium sp. FBH5 at a respective concentration of 1.16, 1.28 and 1.45 (g/100g sample). Additionally, hydrolysate that emanated from E. indicum FHBD degradation of feather showed high concentrations of arginine, serine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, and glycine at the respective concentration (g/100g sample) of 1.2, 1.12, 1.34, 1.58 and 1.29. The keratinases were optimally active at pH and temperature of 8.0 and 50 oC, respectively. EDTA and PMSF did not highly repress keratinolytic proteases' activity, and this inhibitory pattern suggests that they may belong to a mixed protease family. Keratinase from E. acetylicum FHBD was highly stable in the presence of SDS, with 99percent residual activity and displayed variable stability in other chemical agents tested. A similar stability pattern was observed with keratinase from Exiguobacterium sp. FBH5, although the enzyme lost about 40percent of its original activity in the presence of SDS. Evaluation of metal ion stability indicated that E. acetylicum FHBD keratinase was remarkably stable in the presence of Fe3+, Mg2+, Cu2+, Zn2+, and Ba2+, with residual activity of 94percent, 88percent, 89percent, 90percent, and 97percent, respectively. Similarly, Exiguobacterium sp. FBH5 keratinase was considerably stable after treatment with Co2+, K+, and Zn2+ as it displayed a residual activity of 85percent, 84percent and 93percent, respectively. The study of the keratinases stability in laundry detergents showed that E. acetylicum FHBD keratinolytic proteases was activated in the presence of Omo, Surf, Sunlight, and Pro wash after 60 min of pre-incubation compared to 30 min, with residual activity of 94 ± 2.94percent, 91 ± 2.53percent, 95 ± 2.89percent and 87 ± 2.89percent respectively. Likewise, Exiguobacterium sp. FBH5 keratinase activity was promoted after 60 min of incubation compared to 30 min, with a residual enzyme activity of 79percent, 84percent, 101percent, 103percent and 105percent and 106percent for Ariel, Surf, Prowash, Freewave, Sky and Evaklin, respectively. Therefore Exiguobacterium spp., demonstrated excellent keratinolytic potentials that could be exploited for sustainable development of bio-innovative products. The study keratinases' properties suggest their industrial and biotechnological application potentials, especially as bio-additive in the formulation of laundry detergents.
- Description
- Thesis (MSc) -- Faculty of Science and Agriculture, 2021
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (75 leaves)
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Science and Agriculture
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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