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

Table 3

Effect of Incubation temperature on pectinase production.

Incubation temperature (°C)	SmF	SSF
	Relative activity ()	Relative activity ()
25	56.3	50.3
30	76.7	74.2
37	100.0	100.0
40	84.0	86.0
45	42.0	52.1
50	0.1	8.3

(i) Values followed by different superscripts are significantly different at (P<0.05).
(ii) Values followed by same superscripts are not significantly different at (P<0.05).