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Statistical Modelling of Thermostable Cellulase Production Conditions of Thermophilic Geobacillus sp. TP-1 Isolated from Tapovan Hot Springs of the Garhwal Himalayan Mountain Ranges, India

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A thermo-alkali stable cellulase from Geobacillus sp. TP-1 was isolated from Tapovan hot spring soil sample. The BLASTn sequence analysis of 16S rRNA sequence revealed that the isolate belonged to the Geobacillus genus and shared the highest degree of sequence similarity (99.43%) with the different strains of Geobacillus subterraneus. The neighbour joining method of multiple sequence alignment revealed that the 16S rRNA sequence of Geobacillus sp. TP-1 shows maximum similarity with Geobacillus stearothermophilus strain S_YE6-1017-022. One-Factor-At-a-Time analysis was used to optimize the carbon source, nitrogen source, pH, temperature, inoculum size and growth profile with respect to cellulase production. When compared to un-optimized basal media, optimised medium increased cellulase production by around 3.6 times. The Plackett Burman factorial design was employed to identify the critical medium components influencing cellulase activity and temperature was determined to have a significant effect on overall cellulase production. The current strain was capable of utilising lignocellulosic waste as an alternative carbon source. The use of sugarcane molasses and wheat bran as carbon sources resulted in a significant increase (~ 7.2 fold) in cellulase production in the current study, indicating the bacterium’s potential for valorising lignocellulosic biomass into value-added products, which encourages its use in lignocellulosic-based bio refineries.

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MA carried out isolation, enzyme assay and optimization studies. GC and TF assisted in sample collection and SEM experiments execution. MA and GC participated in phylogenetic analysis and manuscript preparation. DV and MS had conceptualized the experimental design, statistical analysis and overall supervision. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Arya, M., Chauhan, G., Fatima, T. et al. Statistical Modelling of Thermostable Cellulase Production Conditions of Thermophilic Geobacillus sp. TP-1 Isolated from Tapovan Hot Springs of the Garhwal Himalayan Mountain Ranges, India. Indian J Microbiol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-024-01258-x

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