Comparative Studies of Pectinase Production by Bacillus subtilis strain Btk 27 in Submerged and Solid-State Fermentations

Table 1

Effect of nutrient media on pectinase production.

Nutrient media	Enzyme activity (U/ml)
Yeast extract	10.1 ± 1.4
Luria-Bertani	6.0 ± 0.8
Peptone	6.3 ± 0.2
Tryptone soybean meal	5.0 ± 1.4
Malt extract	4.8 ± 0.1
Nutrient broth	3.5 ± 0.1

(i) Values are mean ± S.D. of 3 replicates.
(ii) Values followed by different superscripts are significantly different at (P<0.05).
(iii) Values followed by same superscripts are not significantly different at (P<0.05).