Microorganisms bring about most of the cellulose
degradation occurring in nature. They meet this challenge
with the aid of a multi-enzyme system (Aubert et al.,
1987). Aerobic bacteria produced numerous individuals
and extra-cellular enzymes with binding modules for
different cellulose conformations, while anaerobic
bacteria possess a unique extracellular multi enzyme
complex, called cellulosome. However, the main cellulose
utilizing species are the aerobic and anaerobic
hemophilic bacteria, filamentous fungi, basidiomycetes,
thermophilic bacteria and actinomycetes (Wright, 2003).
At the first step, the microorganisms responsible for
cellulose decomposition bring about an enzymatic
hydrolysis of the complex polymer, that is, the enzymes
system which involves a group of different enzymes, is
collectively known as cellulase. Microorganisms are very
important for the enzymatic degradation of complex
organic substances to nutrients. As such, this present
study revealed the isolation, screening and biology of
cellulose degrading bacteria isolated from tea garden
soil. It could be used to finally degrade the huge amount
of cellulosic biomass deposited during pruning time in tea
plantation.