ISSN 2375-088X
African Journal of Soil Science ISSN 2375-088X Vol. 7 (5), pp. 001-004, May, 2019. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
-Amylase production by Penicillium fellutanum isolated from mangrove rhizosphere soil
K. Kathiresan* and S. Manivannan
Centre of advanced study in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, 608502, Tamilnadu, India.
Accepted 04 March, 2019
Abstract
The effects of pH, temperature, incubation time, salinity, sources of carbon and nitrogen were tested in submerged fermentation process in production of -amylase by Penicillium fellutanum isolated from coastal mangrove soil. The production medium without addition of seawater and with provision of maltose as carbon source, peptone as nitrogen source, incubated for 96 h, maintained with pH of 6.5 at 30oC, was found optimal for production of -amylase by P. fellutanum.
Key words: -amylase, Penicillium fellutanum, mangroves, rhizosphere soil, Rhizophora.