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Bacterial amylases play an important role in industrial production and contribute significantly to meet our commercial needs in a variety of ways. The present study was designed to report the isolation, identification and characterization of a thermostable α-amylase enzyme produced from a bacterium isolated from indigenous soil samples. The isolated bacterium was identified as Bacillus licheniformis and confirmed through a variety of morphological, biochemical and hydrolysis based tests. The isolated bacterium was cultured in amylase producing media and found to produce α-amylase at the rate of 92 U/ml after 24 h cultivation at pH 7.0 and at 100°C. Enzyme induction was found to be the highest utilizing potato starch followed by corn and wheat. The characterization of α-amylase was done to establish its suitability for industrial applications in starch processing and food manufacturing industries among others.

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Faisal Siddique, Iftikhar Hussain, M. Shahid Mahmood, Saiyed I. Ahmed, Asif Iqbal. (2014) Isolation And Characterization Of A Highly Thermostable Alpha-amylase Enzyme Produced By Bacillus Lichenifsion Of Androgen Receptors At Mrna Level In Bovine Placentomes During 50-150 Days Of Pregnancy, , Volume-51, Issue-2.
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