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Hyper Production and Eco-Friendly Bleaching of Kraft Pulp by Xylanase From Bacillus pumilus SV-205 Using Agro Waste Material

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Hyper production of an extra cellular, alkali stable, cellulase free and thermostable xylanase have been produced from Bacillus pumilus SV-205 using wheat bran as a substrate under solid state fermentation. Enzyme production under optimized conditions enhanced the production level from 4510 to 65,130 ± 1000 IU/g dry substrate, which was 14.4 fold as compared to production under un-optimized conditions. The application of crude xylanase was investigated in pulp bio bleaching. The bio-bleaching of kraft pulp with xylanase was the most effective at an enzyme dose of 12.5 IU/g oven dried pulp, pH 10.0 and 120 min incubation at 60 °C. Under the optimized conditions, xylanase pre-treatment reduced Kappa number by 0.8 points and increased brightness by 1.08 points as compared with the control. The pre-treatment of pulp with xylanase resulted in 19.01% reduction in chlorine consumption by maintaining the same brightness as in control. These results clearly demonstrated that the B. pumilus SV-85S xylanase was effective as a pulp bio-bleaching agent. The decrease in chlorine consumption by pre-treatment of pulp with xylanase apparently made the bio-bleaching process not only economical but also eco-friendly. The xylanase from B. pumilus SV-205 exhibit remarkable properties which are suitable for application in paper pulp bleaching and an elevated production of xylanase by B. pumilus SV-205 under solid state fermentation over wheat bran, a cheap and easily available agro-residue would apparently reduce the enzyme cost substantially.

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Dr. Sushil Nagar greatly acknowledges the help received from Electron Microscope Facility (SAIF), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi for SEM studies. The authors are thankful to Dr. R. Malhotra, Scientist (Statistics), National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal for his help in statistical analysis of the data.

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Nagar, S., Gupta, V.K. Hyper Production and Eco-Friendly Bleaching of Kraft Pulp by Xylanase From Bacillus pumilus SV-205 Using Agro Waste Material. Waste Biomass Valor 12, 4019–4031 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-020-01258-0

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