Research Article
Antioxidant Activities of Streptomyces sp. strain MUSC 14 from Mangrove Forest Soil in Malaysia
Table 2
Biochemical and physiological characteristics of strain MUSC 14.
| Characteristics | Strain MUSC 14 |
| Biochemical characteristics | | Catalase | + | Haemolytic activity | − |
| Enzymatic test | | Chitinase activity (2.5% chitin) | − | Xylanase activity (0.5% xylan) | − | Amylolytic activity (0.2% starch) | + | Protease activity (2% casein) | − | Lipase activity (1% tributyrin) | − | Cellulase activity (0.5% CMC) | + |
| Physiological characteristics | | Temperature (°C) tolerance | | Growth | 26–50 | Optimum | 26–37 |
| NaCl (%) tolerance | | Growth | 0–6 | Optimum | 0–2 |
| pH tolerance | | Growth | 6-7 | Optimum | 6-7 |
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Key: (+): activity; (−): no activity.
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