Application of microbial α-amylase in industry-A review

PM Souza - Brazilian journal of microbiology, 2010 - SciELO Brasil
Amylases are one of the main enzymes used in industry. Such enzymes hydrolyze the starch
molecules into polymers composed of glucose units. Amylases have potential application in …

[PDF][PDF] α-Amylases from Microbial Sources--An Overview on Recent Developments.

S Sivaramakrishnan, D Gangadharan… - Food Technology & …, 2006 - academia.edu
This review covers the progress made in research on microbial a-amylase, a highly
demanded industrial enzyme in various sectors such as food, pharmaceuticals, textiles …

Bacterial and archaeal α-amylases: diversity and amelioration of the desirable characteristics for industrial applications

D Mehta, T Satyanarayana - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Industrial enzyme market has been projected to reach US $6.2 billion by 2020. Major
reasons for continuous rise in the global sales of microbial enzymes are because of …

Synthesis of carbon quantum dots with green luminescence from potato starch

R Qiang, S Yang, K Hou, J Wang - New Journal of Chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Water-soluble carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are synthesized via an acid assisted ultrasonic
route using the biomass carbon precursor of potato starch as the raw material. Results from …

Modification methods toward the production of porous starch: A review

DN Hj. Latip, H Samsudin, U Utra… - Critical reviews in food …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Starch is a complex carbohydrate formed by the repeating units of glucose structure
connected by the alpha-glycosidic linkages. Starch is classified according to their derivatives …

Enzymes in food processing: a condensed overview on strategies for better biocatalysts

P Fernandes - Enzyme research, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Food and feed is possibly the area where processing anchored in biological agents has the
deepest roots. Despite this, process improvement or design and implementation of novel …

Bioproducts from Aureobasidium pullulans, a biotechnologically important yeast

Z Chi, F Wang, Z Chi, L Yue, G Liu, T Zhang - Applied microbiology and …, 2009 - Springer
It has been well documented that Aureobasidium pullulans is widely distributed in different
environments. Different strains of A. pullulans can produce amylase, proteinase, lipase …

α-Amylase: an ideal representative of thermostable enzymes

O Prakash, N Jaiswal - Applied biochemistry and biotechnology, 2010 - Springer
The conditions prevailing in the industrial applications in which enzymes are used are rather
extreme, especially with respect to temperature and pH. Therefore, there is a continuing …

Biodegradation of food waste using microbial cultures producing thermostable α-amylase and cellulase under different pH and temperature

MK Awasthi, JWC Wong, S Kumar, SK Awasthi… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to study the biodegradation of food waste employing thermostable
α-amylase and cellulase enzymes producing bacteria. Four potential isolates were identified …

Efficient hydrolysis of raw starch and ethanol fermentation: a novel raw starch-digesting glucoamylase from Penicillium oxalicum

QS Xu, YS Yan, JX Feng - Biotechnology for biofuels, 2016 - Springer
Background Starch is a very abundant and renewable carbohydrate and is an important
feedstock for industrial applications. The conventional starch liquefaction and …