A Textbook of Growth Activity and Alpha-Amylase Production

This book has covered broad concept of effect of bacterial alpha amylase enzyme on maize starch hydrolysis three species of Bacillus bacteria Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformisand Lactobacillus acidophilus were studied and bacterial growth activity was also observed. It is relatively new concept, through which we can find the alternative mean for the starch digestion. As with the age alpha amylase production becomes reduced in human body. The enzyme alpha amylase is required to digest the starch. So, scarcity of this enzyme in body may cause many diseases associated with carbohydrate, like diabetes and colon cancer. So, when the metabolic rate becomes down and alpha amylase production is not properly achieved then to digest the food starch in our body we can give this extracted alpha amylase from bacteria in some form. The book was focused on the alpha amylase production from three bacterial species and comparative study of them to hydrolyse the maize starch. The results obtain by this research will be useful for various Biotechnology researchers working in this field.