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Screening and Identification of Chitin Degrading Bacteria from Local Environment

Screening and Identification of Chitin Degrading Bacteria from Local Environment

Farah Mansha, Abdul Rehman*

Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of the Punjab, Lahore.

*Corresponding author: Abdul Rehman, rehman_mmg@yahoo.com

 

 

Figure 1:

Comparison of enzyme activity of selected bacterial isolates under assay standard condition.

Figure 2:

Gram’s staining of the bacterial isolates H4, H1 and M4 respectively.

Figure 3:

Determination of optimum temperature (a) and pH (b) of bacterial isolates.

Figure 4:

Effect of pH (a), temperature (b) and metal ions (c) on enzyme activity of bacterial isolates.

Figure 5:

Zone of chitin hydrolysis of the bacterial isolates after the application of Congo red dye.

Punjab University Journal of Zoology

December

Vol.38, Iss. 2, Pages 137-236

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