Isolation of Cellulose-Degrading Bacteria and Determination of Their Cellulolytic Potential

Table 1

Maximum clearing zone and hydrolytic capacity (HC) value of CDB on cellulose Congo red agar media. This table shows the assessment of bacterial isolates from the different source organism for cellulose decomposition via measurement of clear zone around the colony and calculation of hydrolytic value in cellulose Congo Red media. Maximum clearing zone of 50 mm and HC value of 9.8 were estimated for CDB 10.

Source organism	Isolate number	Maximum clearing zone (mm)	Average hc value	Maximum HC value
Termite	CDB1	30	5.49	6.77
	CDB2	42	4.29	8.4
	CDB8	45	5.36	9
	CDB9	28	4.32	4.39
Snail	CDB6	40	3.45	6.45
	CDB10	50	5.96	9.8
Bookworm	CDB3	30	3.51	4.3
Caterpillar	CDB7	50	5.35	8.2