THE INFLUENCE OF MEDIUM COMPOSITION ON THE PRODUCTION OF BACTERIAL LIPASE

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
Three actively lipolytic organisms[long dash]Alcaligenes viscosus, Pseudomonas fluorescens, and P. aeruginosa[long dash]were tested against various C and N sources to determine their influence on lipase production. Elements of the medium do influence lipase production as measured by titration of free fatty acids. It is believed that bacterial lipase is adaptive in nature and its production is stimulated by the presence of the specific substrate or else that the elaboration of the enzyme depends on the preferential utilization of certain substrates by the organism.