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Table 3 Depicting the protease activity and total soluble protein of the culture supernatant of B. licheniformis P003 grown on different nitrogen source in presence of 1% glucose

From: Optimization and partial characterization of culture conditions for the production of alkaline protease from Bacillus licheniformis P003

Nitrogen sources (%)

Protease activity (U/ml)

Protease activity (U/mg)

Total protein content (mg/ml)

Control (Peptone, 1%)

37.66±0.311

25.61±0.48

1.080±0.010

Tryptone (1%)

31.87±0.165

20.49±0.88

1.543±0.084

Yeast Extract (1%)

48.71±0.233

44.06±0.08

1.102±0.010

Beef Extract (1%)

191.23±0.229

159.37±1.31

1.190±0.026

P (0.5%) + T (0.5%)

22.85±0.145

13.67±0.67

1.673±0.075

P (0.5%) + YE (0.5%)

12.02±0.106

8.85±0.20

1.356±0.020

P (0.5%) + BE (0.5%)

19.84±0.145

18.30±0.15

1.082±0.006

T (0.5%) + YE (0.5%)

34.27±0.207

17.47±0.16

1.956±0.014

T (0.5%) + BE (0.5%)

21.64±0.229

12.70±0.16

1.700±0.009

BE (0.5%) + YE (0.5%)

36.68±0.257

30.40±0.36

1.207±0.007

  1. P= Peptone, T= Tryptone, YE=Yeast Extract, BE= Beef Extract, Data represent as mean ± standard error (SE) for three replicates.