Isolasi dan Karakteristik Bakteri Pendegradasi Selulosa dari Limbah Pusat Industri Mebel Antang Makassar

Abstract

Antang Furniture Center in Makassar is one of the wood industries and is still traditionally. The wood processing produces waste containing cellulose that is difficult to degrade. This study aims to isolate and observe the characteristics of cellulose degrading bacteria. This research was conducted at the Microbiology Laboratory, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Hasanuddin University, Makassar from March 2019 to November 2019. The method used was an experimental laboratory consisting of Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose (CMC) media for bacterial selection and characterization including microscopic morphology with Gram staining and morphology macroscopic with colony structure. The results showed that cellulose degrading bacteria were characterized by the formation of clear zones formed on CMC media in petri dishes. Based on macroscopic and microscopic morphological characteristics, eleven types of cellulose degrading bacteria isolates were obtained. The isolates obtained can be a source of bacterial isolates for further application in wood waste or other wastes that contain of cellulose.