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. 2012 Mar 29;11:37. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-11-37

Table 2.

The physiology and enzymatic properties of Z1EX0 series strains

Strain Xylanases expressed Max OD600 Protein secretion (g/l) Endoxylanase activity Xylosidase activity

8 h(16 h)a 24 h (U/L) (U/mg) (U/L) (mU/mg)
Bl21(DE3) - 6.50 ± 0.17 0.03 ± 0 0.03 ± 0 n.d.b n.d.b n.d.b n.d.b
Z1000 - 6.19 ± 0.08 0.04 ± 0 0.03 ± 0 n.d.b n.d.b n.d.b n.d.b
Z1140 E1, X4 3.45 ± 0.04 0.30 ± 0.02 0.69 ± 0 398 ± 13 1.31 ± 0.07 24 ± 1.0 80 ± 4
Z1150 E1, X5 4.08 ± 0.12 0.19 ± 0.01 0.31 ± 0.03 65 ± 2 0.34 ± 0.01 14.3 ± 0.6 75 ± 4
Z1160 E1, X6 4.55 ± 0.05 0.10 ± 0.01 0.21 ± 0.02 75 ± 0 0.75 ± 0.04 6.1 ± 0.3 61 ± 5
Z1170 E1, X7 2.02 ± 0.05 0.60 ± 0.04 0.95 ± 0.03 420 ± 19 0.70 ± 0.04 46.3 ± 0.5 77 ± 3
Z1240 E2, X4 5.12 ± 0.12 0.10 ± 0.01 0.17 ± 0.01 274 ± 10 2.71 ± 0.19 8.0 ± 0.3 77 ± 6
Z1250 E2, X5 5.69 ± 0.29 0.11 ± 0.02 0.12 ± 0.03 50 ± 4 0.47 ± 0.03 6.8 ± 0.2 63 ± 7
Z1260 E2, X6 4.83 ± 0.05 0.07 ± 0 0.10 ± 0 90 ± 5 1.36 ± 0.04 4.5 ± 0.2 64 ± 1
Z1270 E2, X7 4.07 ± 0.05 0.34 ± 0.01 0.43 ± 0.02 423 ± 14 1.25 ± 0.04 29.3 ± 1.2 86 ± 3
Z1340 E3, X4 5.10 ± 0.03 0.08 ± 0.01 0.21 ± 0.01 1098 ± 28 13.22 ± 1.05 7.3 ± 0.2 88 ± 7
Z1350 E3, X5 3.97 ± 0.09 0.22 ± 0 0.51 ± 0.04 1512 ± 2 6.88 ± 0 10.9 ± 0.5 49 ± 1
Z1360 E3, X6 4.93 ± 0.10 0.08 ± 0 0.25 ± 0 996 ± 1 13.14 ± 0.01 5.9 ± 0.2 77 ± 1
Z1370 E3, X7 5.04 ± 0.05 0.18 ± 0.01 0.25 ± 0.01 2151 ± 14 12.14 ± 0.34 16.3 ± 0.2 92 ± 3

a Except maximum OD600, the sampling time was at the late-exponential phase, which was at about 8 h after induction for strains Z13X0 and the two controls, and 16 h for the other strains.

b n.d.: not detectable.