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

Table 9

Effect of vitamins on pectinase production.

Vitamin (l)	SmF		SSF
	Enzyme activity	Relative Activity ()	Enzyme activity	Relative Activity ()
	(U/ml)		(U/g)
50	65.2 ± 3.6	98.3	858.6 ± 50.9	67.5
100	68.6 ± 7.5	103.5	746.0 ± 80.3	58.6
150	64.8 ± 5.8	97.7	814.9 ± 16.3	64.0
200	69.6 ± 6.5	104.9	787.8 ± 48.9	61.9
Control	66.3 ± 1.2	100.0	1272.4 ± 25.5	100.0

(i) Values are mean ± SD 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).
(iv) The control is unsupplemented with vitamin.