Microorganisms Producing Enzyme

There is a large number of microorganisms which produce a variety of enzymes. Enzymes differ with respect to substrates. Some of the microorganisms producing enzymes are listed in Table 17.1.

Table 17.1. Microorganisms producing enzymes.
Microorganisms Enzymes
A. Bacteria:
Bacillus cereus Penicillinase
B. coagulans a-amylase
B. licheniformis a-amylase, protease
B. megaterium Penicillin acylase
Citrobacter spp. L-asparaginase
Escherichia coli Penicillin acylase, b-galactosidase
Klebsiella pneumoniae Pullulanase
B. Actinomycetes:
Actinoplanes sp. Glucose isomerase
C. Fungi:
Aspergilus flavus Urate oxidase
A. niger Amylases, protease, pectinase, glucose oxidase
A. oryzae Amylases, lipases, protease
Aureobasidium pullulans Esterase, invertase
Candila lipolytica Lipase
Mucor micheli and M. pusillis Bennet
Neurospora crassa Trysinase
Penicillium funiculosum Dextranase
P. notatum Glucose oxidase
Rhizopus sp. Lipase
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Invertase
S. fragilis Invertase
Trichoderma reesei Cellulase
T. viride Cellulase