A Study on L-Asparaginase of Nocardia levis MK-VL_113

Table 3

L-asparaginase production by Nocardia levis grown in modified ISP-5 broth amended with different nitrogen sources.

Nitrogen sources (1% w/v)	L-asparaginase production (U/mg of cell dry wt.)
L-asparagine	4.28±0.016
Beef extract	0.64±0.061
L-glutamine	4.19±0.008
Malt extract	2.47±0.075
Peptone	3.86±0.154
Tryptone	4.34±0.076
Yeast extract	4.56±0.172

Values are the means of three replicates ±SD.