Abstract
An isolate (T-1) from spoiled canned bamboo (Sasa kurilensis) shoots was morphologically and physiologically identified as Bacillus subtilis. When B. subtilis T-1 was cultivated with sterilized bamboo shoots at 30°C, shoots were degraded during the cultivation concomitant with an increase in the production of mono-and oligo-saccharides from hemicellulose.The cultivated medium contained several hemicellulose-degrading enzymes, e.g., β-xylanase and α-L-arabinofuranosidase. These results indicate that the enzymes from B. subtilis T-1 participate in the degradation of canned bamboo shoots.
