Review Article
Actinomycetes: A Repertory of Green Catalysts with a Potential Revenue Resource
Table 2
List of industrially viable enzymes from actinomycetes and their characteristics.
| Enzyme | Producing Strain | pH stability | Thermal stability | Substrate specificity | Reference |
| | RecombinantStreptomyces sp. | 5.0–12.0
| 40–50°C
| CMC
| [6] | | Thermobifida halotolerans | 6.0–8.0 | 40–50°C | CMC | [7] | Cellulase | RecombinantStreptomyces sp. | 10.0
| 40°C
| CMC
| [8] | | Thermomonospora sp. | 7.0–10.0 | 50°C | CMC | [9] | | Streptomyces ruber | 5.5–7.0 | 35–40°C | CMC | [10] |
| | Actinomadura sp. | 4.0 | 70°C | Xylan | [11] | Xylanase | Recombinant strain | 5.0–7.0 | 70–80°C | Xylan | [12] | Recombinant strain | 5.0–7.0 | 60–70°C | Birch xylan | [13] | | Streptomyces spp. | 8.0–11.0 | 45–60°C | Xylan | [14] |
| | Streptomyces sp. | 5.0–7.0 | 45–50°C | Starch | [15] | | Streptomyces erumpens | 9.0-10.0 | 40–50°C | Starch | [16] | Amylase | Nocardiopsis sp. | 8.6 | 70–80°C | Starch | [17] | | Thermobifida fusca | 5.0–7.0 | 60°C | Starch | [18] | | Nocardiopsis sp. | 5.0–10.0 | 35–45°C | Starch | [19] |
| Pectinase | Streptomyces lydicus | 4.0–7.0 | 45°C | Polygalacturonic acid | [20] |
| | Thermoactinomyces sp. | 4.0 | 50°C | NA | [21] | | Nocardiopsis sp. | 10.0 | 40–50°C | Casein | [22] | Protease | Streptomyces pactum | 7.5 | 40°C | Casein | [23] | | Streptomyces thermoviolaceus | 6.5 | 65°C | Keratin | [24] | | Streptomyces sp. | 4.0–11.0 | 30–60°C | Keratin azure | [25] |
| | Nocardiopsis prasina | 7.0 | 50–60°C | Colloidal chitin | [21] | Chitinase | Streptomyces thermoviolaceus | 6.0 | 60°C | Colloidal chitin | [26] | | Microbispora sp. | 3.0–11.0 | 30–50°C | Colloidal chitin | [27] |
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CMC: Carboxymethyl cellulose; NA: not available.
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