In the acidic LB plate, a bacterial strain was isolated from homemade soybean paste as a producer of the extracellular mannanase. The isolate YB-1402, which was a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium with spore, has been identified as Bacillus amyloliquefaciens on the basis of its 16S rDNA sequence and biochemical properties. Maximum mannanase productivity of the isolate YB-1402 was reached approximately 150 U/ml in LB broth supplemented with konjac (3.0%). The molecular mass of YB-1402 mannanase was estimated to approximately 38.0 kDa by zymogram of the culture filtrate on SDS-PAGE. The mannanase of culture filtrate was the most active at 55℃ and pH 5.5. The mannanase activity was completely maintained after pre-incubation at pH 3.0 to 10.0 for 1 h. The predominant products resulting from the mannanase hydrolysis were mannose, mannobiose and mannotriose for LBG or mannooligosaccharides. The enzyme could hydrolyze mannooligosaccharides larger than mannobiose.Keywords: Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, mannanase, productivity, property *For correspondence. E-mail: ykh@wsu.ac.kr; Tel.: +82-42-630-9742; Fax: +82-42-636-2676 Mannan 다당류에 속하는 glucomannan, galactomannan과 galactoglucomannan은 mannose 잔기끼리 β-1,4 결합을 하거나 mannose와 glucose간에 β-1,4 결합을 한 형태의 기본 골격을 가 지며 acetyl이나 galactose 잔기가 mannose 잔기와 측쇄결합을 하고 있다. 이들과 같은 이형다당류는 식물 세포벽의 hemicelluloses, 식물의 종자와 덩이줄기에 존재하며, mannose 잔기간 결합으로 만 구성된 동형 다당류인 mannan은 상아야자 열매에 존재한다.