Table 1.

List of strains isolated from the waste-food degrading bioreactor, Baku Baku™

Day	Isolate	Colony morphologya	Enzyme activityb		Closest phylogenetic memberc
			Xylanase	Amylase
0	BXP1	Irregular, white, 2–3 mm	–	+	Bacillus subtilis str. 168
0	BXP7	Slighly irregular, mucoid, white, 2–3 mm	–	+	Bacillus vallismortis str. DSM 11031
1	BXP11	Circular, white, 1 mm	+	+	Paenibacillus cookii str. LMG 18419
1	BXP12	Circular, irregular margin, 1 mm	–	+	Bacillus subtilis str. DSM 10
1	BXP13	Circular, white, 1–2 mm	–	+	Bacillus subtilis str. 168
7	D7XPN1	Circular, irregular margin, white, 1 mm	+	+	Bacillus subtilis str. 168
16	D16IS1	Irregular, filamentous margin, white, 5–6 mm	–	+	Bacillus aerius str. 24 K
16	D16IS2	Circular, mucoid, white, 1.5–2 mm	–	+	Bacillus subtilis str. DSM 10
16	D16IS3	Rhizoid, white, 4–6 mm	–	+	Bacillus licheniformis str. ATCC 14580
16	D16IS5	Filamentous, translucent	–	–	Kurthia gibsonii str. NBRC 15534
16	P1XP2	Circular, mucoid, white, 0.7 mm	+	+	Paenibacillus cookii str. LMG 18419
16	P1XP3	Irregular, white, 1–3 mm	–	+	Bacillus subtilis str. DSM 10
16	P1XP5	Circular,mucoid, white, 0.8 mm	+	+	Paenibacillus cookii str. LMG 18419
21	D21IS1	Circular, mucoid, white, 1–1.2 mm	–	+	Paenibacillus ehimensis str. KCTC 3748
21	D21IS2	Irregular, slighly opague white, 2 mm	–	+	Bacillus licheniformis str. ATCC 14580
21	D21IS3	Rhizoid, white, 3 mm	–	+	Bacillus licheniformis str. ATCC 14580
21	D21IS4	Circular, irregular margin, white 3–4 mm	–	+	Bacillus subtilis str. DSM 10
29	D29IS4	Circular, mucoid, white, 1 mm	+	+	Paenibacillus cookii str. LMG 18419
29	D29IS5	Circular, irregular margin, white, 2–3 mm	–	+	Bacillus subtilis str. DSM 10
29	D29IS6	Irregular, slightly opaque, white, 4–5 mm	+	+	Bacillus licheniformis str. ATCC 14580
35	D35IS1	Irregular, filamentous margin, white, 6 mm	–	+	Bacillus aerius str. 24 K
35	D35IS3	Irregular, white, 1.2 mm	–	–	Brevibacillus agri str. DSM 6348
35	D35IS5	Filamentous, translucent, spreading	–	–	Bacillus badius str. 110
42	D42IS3	Circular, mucoid, white, 1.2 mm	+	+	Paenibacillus cookii str. LMG 18419
49	D49IS3	Irregular, white, 2–4 mm	–	+	Bacillus subtilis str. DSM 10
49	D49IS4	Circular, filamentous margin, white, 3–4 mm	–	+	Bacillus licheniformis str. ATCC 14580
49	D49IS5	Circular, slightly translucent, mucoid, 0.5 mm	–	–	Aneurinibacillus migulanus str. B0270

^aThe strains were isolated on 0.1 % (dilute) Tryptic Soy Agar (dTSA) medium and colony morphology noted after 48 h incubation at 45 °C

^bXylanase and amylase activities were determined as described in “Materials methods” Section

^cThe closest phylogenetic match was determined by BLAST analysis of the 16S rRNA sequences of the isolates against the NCBI 16S ribosomal RNA (Bacteria and Archaea) database