Twelve strains of bacteria with cellulase and xylanase activities were isolated from spent mushroom substrates collected from button mushroom cultivation farm, Buye, Chungcheongnam-do in Korea. Among them, one strain, designated NO12, with higher cellulase and xylanase activities was selected by agar diffusion method. The strain NO12 was identified to be a Bacillus sp. by biochemical characteristics using Bacillus ID kit and MicroLog system. Comparative 16S rDNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain NO12 formed a distinct phylogenetic tree within the genus Bacillus and was most closely related to Bacillus subtilis with 16S rDNA gene sequence similarity of 99.2%. Based on its physiological properties, biochemical characteristics, and phylogenetic distinctiveness, strain NO12 was classified within the genus Bacillus, for which the name Bacillus subtilis NO12 was proposed. The cellulase and xylanase activities of B. subtilis NO12 were slightly increased according to bacterial population from exponential phase to stationary phase in the growth curve for B. subtilis NO12. The xylanase activity continuously increased from the beginning of the exponential phase and exhibited maximum activity in the middle of the exponential phase.

Cellulase와 xylanase 분비능이 우수한 세균을 분리하기 위하여 부여군 석성면 지역의 양송이 재배농장으로부터 수확후배지를 수집하였다. 양송이 수확후배지로부터 12종의 균주를 분리하였으며 이 중 cellulase와 xylanase 활성 이 가장 우수한 균주 NO12를 최종 선발하였다. 분리균 NO12의 생리적·생화학적 특성은 Bacillus ID kit와 MicroLog system을 이용하여 조사하였으며 분리균 NO12는 Bacillus subtilis와 유사한 특징을 나타내었다. 분리균 NO12의 16S rDNA 염기서열도 B. subtilis와 99.2%의 상동성을 나타내었다. 이와 같은 결과를 종합하여 분리균 NO12는 B. subtilis NO12로 동정되었다. 분리 균이 분비하는 cellulase와 xylanase 활성은 분리균이 증식함에 따라 대수증식기 중반부터 급격히 증가하였고 정지기에 진입하면 효소활성이 더 이상 증가하지 않는 것으로 나타났으며 xylanase 활성은 대수증식기 초기부터 지속적으로 증가하여 대수증식기 중반에 최대활성을 나타내었다.