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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 1984
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert O Horwath, Westport, CT (US);
Assignee:
Nabisco Brands, Inc., Parsippany, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 22 ; 435 34 ; 435801 ;
Abstract
Described is a process for screening of microorganisms for the production of amylolytic enzymes. Microorganisms capable of amylolytic enzyme synthesis and growing on the surface of a solid medium are detected by identifying a zone of hydrolyzed starch surrounding each microorganism. The process is particularly useful for the detection of .alpha.-amylase activity in strains of Bacillus licheniformis as it employs a selection step under anaerobic conditions prior to the detection of the enzyme.