The Character of Normal Temperature Straw-Rotting Microbial Community

In order to study degradation capability and optimal condition of produced endoglucanase (CMCcase), the microbial community with efficient cellulose degrading ability in 28°C was studied. Microbial community came from rotted rice straw which was enriched and domesticated by improved Mandels medium. The standard cellulase activity assays were used to determine cellulase activity, degradation products were analyzed by gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC/MS), and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) was used to identify the composition dynamic of the community. The results showed that the microbial community could degrade 39.6% of rice straw gross weight within 6 d. When culture medium volume was 1/5 and pH = 6 on day 5, the CMCcase activity reached the highest of 14 IU mL−1. During the fermentation, more than ten products were detected using GCMS. The microbial changed lots in different fermentation periods which detected by DGGE. Phylogenetic tree derived from 16S rDNA sequence found that the community composed of bacteria, and the closest relative were belong to Clostridium sp., Brevibacillus sp. and Bacterium sp. This microbial community could accelerate rice straw rotting and decomposed products could promote organic matter increase of soil.