Screening of Bacterial Strains for Polygalacturonase Activity: Its Production by Bacillus sphaericus (MTCC 7542)

Table 2

Effect of temperature on PGase production from Bacillus sphaericus.

Incubation temperature (°C)	Enzyme activity (𝜇mol min^-1 mL^-1)	Relative activity (%)
25	2.3±1.0	37.1
30	6.2±1.3	100.0
35	5.9±1.7	95.8
40	5.4±0.8	87.1
45	4.1±0.9	65.9
50	1.7±0.6	28.1

Values are mean ± S.D. of 3 replicates.