Original scientific paper
Solid Culturing of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens for α-Amylase Production
Dhanya Gangadharan
; Biotechnology Division, Regional Research Laboratory, CSIR, Trivandrum 695019, India
Swetha Sivaramakrishnan
; Biotechnology Division, Regional Research Laboratory, CSIR, Trivandrum 695019, India
Kesavan Madhavan Nampoothiri
; Biotechnology Division, Regional Research Laboratory, CSIR, Trivandrum 695019, India
Ashok Pandey
orcid.org/0000-0003-1626-3529
; Biotechnology Division, Regional Research Laboratory, CSIR, Trivandrum 695019, India
Abstract
Fourteen different agroresidues were screened for alpha amylase production using Bacillus amyloliquefaciens ATCC 23842. Among them, wheat bran (WB) and groundnut oil cake (GOC) in mass ratio of 1:1 was proved as the best substrate source. Supplementation with 0.01 M KH2PO4 and 1 % soluble starch enhanced the enzyme yield considerably. Maximum enzyme recovery from the solid mass was obtained when extracted with 0.1 M acetate buffer, pH=5.0. Maximum enzyme titer expressed as units per mass of dry substrate obtained was 62 470 U/g after 72 hours of fermentation at 37 °C by using the above solid substrate mixture (5 g) with the initial moisture of 85 % and inoculated with Bacillus amyloliquefaciens of 2·109 CFU/mL.
Keywords
α-amylase; Bacillus amyloliquefaciens; solid-state fermentation; agroresidues
Hrčak ID:
109896
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Publication date:
15.6.2006.
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