Research Article

Production, Purification, and Characterization of Thermostable α-Amylase Produced by Bacillus licheniformis Isolate AI20

Table 4

Purification scheme of α-amylase enzyme extracted from Bacillus licheniformis AI20.

Purification stepVolume (mL)α-amylase activity (U)Total protein (mg)Specific activity (U/mg)Yield (%)Purification (fold)

Culture filtrate1484389.68347.8012.6211001
Concentrated culture453055.95196.6515.54069.6171.231
DEAE Sepharose FF272014.2018.90106.57245.8858.444
Sephacryl S-100 HR5554.250.74748.98612.62659.344