Cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase 생산균주를 토양으로부터 분리하여 형태학적, 생화학적 그리고 균주의 세포벽 지방산 조성분석에 의해 Bacillus brevis로 동정하였고, Bacillus brevis CD162로 명명하였다. 또한 배지조성에 따른 cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase의 최적생산조건을 검토한 결과, 2.0% soluble starch, 0.75% yeast extract, 0.5% bacto peptone, 0.2% $K_2HPO_4$, 0.05% $MgSO_4{cdot}7H_2O$, 1.5% $Na_2CO_3$ (pH 10.2)의 배지 조건에서 $30^{circ}C$에서 96시간 배양하였을 때 가장 높은 효소생산인 0.9 unit/ml을 얻을 수 있었다.
A cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase-producing bacterium was newly isolated from soil using alkaline pH medium containing 1% $Na_2CO_3$. The isolated strain was identified as Bacillus brevis by morphological and biochemical characteristics, and fatty acid composition and designated Bacillus brevis CD162. The strain showed the best enzyme production of 0.9 unit/ml after 96 hrs of culture at $30^{circ}C$ in a medium of 2.0% soluble starch, 0.75% yeast extract, 0.5% bacto peptone, 0.2% $K_2HPO_4$ 0.05% $MgSO_4{cdot}7H_2O$, and 1.5% $Na_2CO_3$ at initial pH 10.2.
