The bacterium was isolated from a compost of bamboo shoots in Taiwan and identified as Streptomyces
griseoaurantiacus ZQBC691 using morphological criteria and 16S rRNA sequence. The strain ZQBC691
grew vigorously on amorphous cellulose (carboxymethylcellulose – CMC) and produced endoglucanase.
Less endoglucanase was produced on crystalline cellulose (avicel)