摘要 |
The invention provides, among others, a novel microorganism high in protease activity and capable of decomposing proteins recalcitrant to proteolysis as contained in garbage, waste water, organic waste liquids, industrial wastes and the like, a protease produced by such microorganism and capable of decomposing proteins recalcitrant to proteolysis, and a method of utilizing the same. As a result of screening, using a colloidal chitin agar medium, of a large number of soil-derived microorganisms for ones capable of efficiently decomposing proteins recalcitrant to proteolysis as contained in waste water, organic waste liquids, industrial wastes and so forth, followed by selection of a strain higher in protease activity from among the microorganisms screened out, a novel microorganism belonging to Streptomyces sp. was obtained. |