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ENZYMATIC POTENTIAL OF BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM GREEN SEA
TURTLE (Chelonia mydas)
Farah Fazida Binti Md Ishak
Supervisor: Dr. Jasnizat Bin Saidin
Bachelor of Science (Marine Biology)
School Of Marine and Environment Sciences
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Global market of industrial enzymes estimated around US$4.2 billion in 2014
and expected to reach nearly US$6.2 billion in 2015-2020. The vital sources of
industrial enzymes are from microorganisms especially bacteria. Researcher are
searching every possible environmental niche for potential enzyme-producing
bacteria which include animal-associated. This study investigated the potential
enzyme-producing bacteria from endangered animal which is green sea turtle
(Chelonia mydas). Six bacteria have been isolated from cloaca mucus of sea
turtle. All of these isolates positively produce lipase when supplemented with
olive and corn oil while only three bacteria were able to utilize used-cookingoil.
Oppositely, none of the isolate shows amylase activity when starch used as
substrate. As for protease enzyme, three bacteria showed production.
Unidentified bacteria strain T6M was able to produced lipase with all oil
substrate used and produced protease. This strain is a potential candidate for
further investigation on it enzymes characteristic.
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