Production Optimization and Biochemical Characterization of Cellulase from Geobacillus sp. KP43 Isolated from Hot Spring Water of Nepal

Table 1

Morphological and physiological properties of isolate KP43.

Tests	Results
Gram staining	Gram-positive thin rods
Shape	Thin rod
Catalase test	Catalase positive
Oxidase test	Oxidase positive
Motility test	Motile
Growth range (temperature)	Growth seen between 35 and 75°C
Optimum temperature	60°C
Capsule staining	Noncapsulated
Spore staining	Spore bearer with terminal endospore in nonswollen sporangia