Screening of starch degrader from soil

Starch as we know is the main source of carbohydrate. Since carbohydrate is always somehow linked to industry, we need to produce enzyme that can degrade carbohydrate. Presently the enzyme used is amylase but lately many are venturing into other enzymes especially the ones extracted from bacteria. M...

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Main Author: Praventhran, Janardanan
Format: Undergraduates Project Papers
Language:English
Published: 2006
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/465/1/PRAVENTHRAN_JANARDANAN_2051.pdf
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description Starch as we know is the main source of carbohydrate. Since carbohydrate is always somehow linked to industry, we need to produce enzyme that can degrade carbohydrate. Presently the enzyme used is amylase but lately many are venturing into other enzymes especially the ones extracted from bacteria. My research here is concentrating on a specific enzyme named cyclomaltodextrin glycosyltransferase or CGTase. Firstly the bacteria are carefully screened from the sample soil collected from a local corn field. Then after the bacteria have been identified it will be analyzed for its characteristics and the crude enzyme will be tested on its effect by changes of temperature, pH, and carbon and nitrogen source. From this research I have managed to screen a typical strain of CGTase producing bacteria where after running tests such as gram staining, spore staining, and acid fast the type and characteristics of the bacteria was known.
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spelling UMPir4652021-06-03T04:50:23Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/465/ Screening of starch degrader from soil Praventhran, Janardanan QP Physiology Starch as we know is the main source of carbohydrate. Since carbohydrate is always somehow linked to industry, we need to produce enzyme that can degrade carbohydrate. Presently the enzyme used is amylase but lately many are venturing into other enzymes especially the ones extracted from bacteria. My research here is concentrating on a specific enzyme named cyclomaltodextrin glycosyltransferase or CGTase. Firstly the bacteria are carefully screened from the sample soil collected from a local corn field. Then after the bacteria have been identified it will be analyzed for its characteristics and the crude enzyme will be tested on its effect by changes of temperature, pH, and carbon and nitrogen source. From this research I have managed to screen a typical strain of CGTase producing bacteria where after running tests such as gram staining, spore staining, and acid fast the type and characteristics of the bacteria was known. 2006-01 Undergraduates Project Papers NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/465/1/PRAVENTHRAN_JANARDANAN_2051.pdf Praventhran, Janardanan (2006) Screening of starch degrader from soil. Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang.
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Screening of starch degrader from soil
title Screening of starch degrader from soil
title_full Screening of starch degrader from soil
title_fullStr Screening of starch degrader from soil
title_full_unstemmed Screening of starch degrader from soil
title_short Screening of starch degrader from soil
title_sort screening of starch degrader from soil
topic QP Physiology
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/465/1/PRAVENTHRAN_JANARDANAN_2051.pdf
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