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Isolation, screening and characterization of thermophilic Bacillus species isolated from dairy products
Abstract:
Proteolytic thermophilic bacterial cultures (171 strains) were isolated from different milk and milk products. After screening these isolates for protease production in a liquid medium, fifty that exhibited enzyme activity in excess of 100 units/ml were selected and identified. Twenty-nine were Bacillus stearothermophilus (constituting 58% of the total), twelve were B. coagulans, five were B. circulans and four were B. licheniformis. Skim milk powder contributed the maximum number of B. stearothermophilus (64.7%) followed by raw milk (63.2%) and pasteurized milk (44.4%). When the culture supernatant liquids from the selected isolates were given heat treatment, five cultures retained 100% protease activity at 65 degrees C for 30 min. Protease of B. stearothermophilus RM-67 had the maximum heat resistance because it retained 87.5% of its activity at 70 degrees C for 30 min.
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