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alkaliphilic Bacillus sp. Appl Environ Microbiol 64:533–3535
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89. Duarte MC, Pellegrino AC, Portugal EP, Ponezi AN, Franco TT (2000) Characterization of
alkaline xylanases from Bacillus pumilus. Braz J Microbiol 31:90–94
90. Sharma A, Adhikari S, Satyanarayana T (2006) Alkali-thermostable and cellulase-free
xylanase production by an extreme thermophile Geobacillus thermoleovorans. World J
Microbiol Biotechnol 23:483–490
91. Chanjuan L, Hong Y, Shao Z, Lin L, Huang X, Liu P et al (2009) Novel alkali-stable,
cellulase-free xylanase from deep-sea Kocuria sp. Mn22. J Microbiol Biotechnol 19:873–880
92. Kuramochi K, Uchimura K, Kurata A, Kobayashi T, Hirose Y, Miura T et al (2016) A highmolecular-weight, alkaline, and thermostable beta-1,4-xylanase of a subseafloor Microcella
alkaliphila. Extremophiles 20:471–478
93. Valenzuela SV, Díaz P, Javier Pastor FI (2010) Recombinant expression of an alkali stable
GH10 xylanase from Paenibacillus barcinonensis. J Agric Food Chem 58:4814–4818
284
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xylanasefrom Staphylococcus sp. SG-13 and its application in biobleaching of Kraft pulp.
J Appl Microbiol 88:325–334
76. Khandeparkar R, Bhosle N (2006) Purification and characterization of thermoalkalophilic
xylanase isolated from the Enterobacter sp. MTCC 5112. Res Microbiol 157:315–325
77. Taneja K, Gupta S, Kuhad RC (2002) Properties and application of a partially purified alkaline
xylanase from an alkalophilic fungus Aspergillus nidulans KK-99. Bioresour Technol
85:39–42
78. Dutta T, Sengupta R, Sahoo R, Ray SS, Bhattacharjee A, Ghosh S (2007) A novel cellulase
free alkaliphilic xylanase from alkali tolerant Penicillium citrinum: production, purification
and characterization. Lett Appl Microbiol 44:206–211
79. Ohkuma M, Shimizu H, Thongaram T, Kosono S, Moryia K, Trakulnaleamsai S et al (2003)
An alkaliphilic and xylanolytic Paenibacillus species isolated from the gut of a soil-feeding
termite. Microbes Environ 18:145–151
80. Verma D, Kawarabayasi Y, Miyazaki K, Satyanarayana T (2013) Cloning, expression and
characteristics of a novel alkalistable and thermostable xylanase encoding gene (Mxyl)
retrieved from compost-soil metagenome. PLoS One 8:e52459
81. Wang G, Huang X, Ng TB, Lin J, Ye XY (2014) High phylogenetic diversity of glycosyl
hydrolase family 10 and 11 xylanases in the sediment of lake Dabusu in China. PLoS One 9:
e112798
82. Wang G, Wu J, Yan R, Lin J, Ye X (2017) A novel multi-domain high molecular, salt-stable
alkaline xylanase from Alkalibacterium sp. SL3. Front Microbiol 7:2120
83. Nakamura S, Nakai R, Wakabayashi K, Ishiguro Y, Aono R, Horikoshi K (1994) Thermophilic alkaline xylanase from newly isolated alkaliphilic and thermophilic Bacillus sp. strain
TAR1. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 58:78–81
84. Nakamura S, Wakabayashi K, Nakai R, Aono R, Horikoshi K (1993) Purification and some
properties of an alkaline xylanase from alkaliphilic Bacillus sp. strain 41M-1. Appl Environ
Microbiol 59:2311–2316
85. Mongkorntanyatip K, Limsakul P, Ratanakhanokchai K, Khunrae P (2017) Overexpression
and characterization of alkaliphilic Bacillus firmus strain K-1 xylanase. Agric Nat Resour
51:437–444
86. Prakash P, Jayalakshmi SK, Prakash B, Rubul M, Sreeramulu K (2012) Production of
alkaliphilic, halotolerant, thermostable cellulase free xylanase by Bacillus halodurans
PPKS-2 using agro waste: single step purification and characterization. World J Microbiol
Biotechnol 28:183–192
87. Gessesse A (1998) Purification and properties of two thermostable alkaline xylanases from an
alkaliphilic Bacillus sp. Appl Environ Microbiol 64:533–3535
88. Chang P, Tsai WS, Tsa CL, Tseng MJ (2004) Cloning and characterization of two thermostable xylanases from an alkaliphilic Bacillus firmus. Biochem Biophys Res Commun
319:1017–1025
89. Duarte MC, Pellegrino AC, Portugal EP, Ponezi AN, Franco TT (2000) Characterization of
alkaline xylanases from Bacillus pumilus. Braz J Microbiol 31:90–94
90. Sharma A, Adhikari S, Satyanarayana T (2006) Alkali-thermostable and cellulase-free
xylanase production by an extreme thermophile Geobacillus thermoleovorans. World J
Microbiol Biotechnol 23:483–490
91. Chanjuan L, Hong Y, Shao Z, Lin L, Huang X, Liu P et al (2009) Novel alkali-stable,
cellulase-free xylanase from deep-sea Kocuria sp. Mn22. J Microbiol Biotechnol 19:873–880
92. Kuramochi K, Uchimura K, Kurata A, Kobayashi T, Hirose Y, Miura T et al (2016) A highmolecular-weight, alkaline, and thermostable beta-1,4-xylanase of a subseafloor Microcella
alkaliphila. Extremophiles 20:471–478
93. Valenzuela SV, Díaz P, Javier Pastor FI (2010) Recombinant expression of an alkali stable
GH10 xylanase from Paenibacillus barcinonensis. J Agric Food Chem 58:4814–4818
284
G. Mamo