부패한 나무, 퇴비, 제지공장의 폐지 및 폐수 등으로부터 분리한 300여 종류의 섬유소 분해균 중 xylanase 활성이 다른 균주에 비해 비교적 높았던 33번 균주를 균의 형태학적, 생화학적 특성과, 균체 지방산 조성에 의하여 Pseudomonas sp.로 동정하였다. Xylanase 활성의 최적 온도외 최적 pH는 각각 $50^{circ}C$와 5.5이었고, 효소의 안정성은 $45^{circ}C$ 이하의 온도와 pH 5.0에서 7.0 사이에서 유지되었다. 이 균주가 생산하는 xylanase는 효소반응분해물의 paper chromatography에 의하여 주로 exo-type의 xylanase임이 밝혀졌다.
The xylanase producing microorganisms occurring on rotten woods were selectively isolated on the modified Czapek-Dox medium supplemented with 0.5% xylan as a sole carbon source. Among more than three-hundred isolates of xylanase producing microorganisms, only two bacterial isolates were turned out to be more potent xylanase producer than the reference strain of xylanase producer, Aureobaszdium pullulans NRRL Y-2311. The exo-xylanase producer, bacterial isolate No. 33 was identified as a strain of Pseudomonas sp. on the basis of morphological and biochemical characterizations as well as cellular fatty acid composition. Optima of pH and of temperature for enzyme reactions of xylanase were 5.5 and $50^{circ}C$ respectively. The enzyme was stable in a range of pH 5.0~7.0 and below $45^{circ}C$. Among the number of carbohydrate substrates, xylose was turned out to be a potent inducer of Pseudomonas sp. No.33 exo-xylanase. Among the raw materials tested, rice straw was the best material for xylanase production by Pseudomonas sp. strain No. 33.
