Production, Properties and Industrial Applications of Microbial Xylanase

Abstract: Xylanase is produced from various microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, actinomycetes and yeast in the presence of xylan rich agricultural residues. The essential factors for efficient production of xylanase are the appropriate medium composition and an inducing substrate. Recently, there has been much industrial interest of xylanase, as a supplement in animal feed, for the manufacture of bread, food and drinks, textiles, bleaching of cellulose pulp, ethanol and xylitol production. There have been various attempts to produce xylanase efficiently from inexpensive raw materials. This article reviews about the xylanase producing microorganisms, raw materials, mode of fermentation for xylanase production, properties of xylanase and various industrial applications with a particular focus on recent investigations. Key words: Microbial xylanase, xylan, Extremophiles, Industrial application http://www.ijbst.org/Home/papers-published/ijbst-2010-volume-3-issue-