Abstract
Cells of the anaerobic ruminal bacterium Fibrobacter succinogenes subsp. succinogenes S85 (formerly Bacteroides succinogenes) exhibit arylesterase activity. When cells were grown on cellulose, it was found that 69% of the total esterase activity was extracellular while 65% was nonsedimentable upon centrifugation of the culture supernatant at 100,000 × g. Disruption of the cells by various different methods failed to increase the esterase activity, indicating that the substrate was fully accessible to esterase enzymes in intact cells. During growth of cells with either glucose or cellulose as the sole carbon source, the increase in acetylesterase activity corresponded to an increase in cell density, suggesting constitutive production. The enzyme(s) hydrolyzed α-naphthyl, p-nitrophenyl, and 4-methylumbelliferyl derivatives of acetic acid; xylose tetraacetate; glucose pentaacetate; acetylxylan; and a polymer composed of ferulic acid, arabinose, and xylose in molar proportions of 1:1.1:2.2 (FAX). These data demonstrate the presence of an acetylxylan esterase and a ferulic acid esterase. The cleavage of FAX also documents the presence of an α-l-arabinofuranosidase.
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