March 2015

Production, purification and characterization of a thermostable alkaline serine protease from Bacillus lichniformis NMS-1

Alkaline proteases are used in food industry, leather tanning and processing industry, preparation of pharmaceuticals and also in the fiber industry. An alkaline serine protease producing strain was isolated using soil sample from a natural hot water spring in Sri Lanka. It was identified based on morphological, biochemical and 16s rRNA identifications as Bacillus licheniformis NMS-1. The extacellular protease enzyme...

Author(s): C. D. Mathew and R. M. S. Gunathilaka