Table 4.
Comparative summary of conditions for chitinase production by chitinolytic bacteria
| Specie | Carbon source | Nitrogen source | Optimum condition | Reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main | Additional | Main | Additional | pH | Temp. (°C) | Chitin (%) | ||
| A. caviae CHZ306 | Colloidal chitin | Corn steep liquor and peptone A | Corn steep liquor | Peptone A | 6.0 | 34 | 5.0 | This study |
| A. hydrophila HS4 | Colloidal chitin | Starch | Malt extract | - | 8.0 | 37 | 0.3 | [39] |
| A. punctata HS6 | Colloidal chitin | Starch | Yeast extract | - | 7.0 | 37 | 0.3 | [39] |
| Aeromonas sp. JK1 | Colloidal chitin | Triton X-100 | Ammonium sulfate | - | 8.0 | 30 | 0.75 | [40] |
| Aeromonas sp. ZD_05 | Colloidal chitin | - | Peptone | - | 7,0 | 30 | 1.0 | [41] |
| B. amyloliquefaciens Z7 | Chitin | Starch | Yeast extract | - | 6.5 | 37 | 0.88 | [32] |
| B. laterosporous MML2270 | Colloidal chitin | - | Yeast extract | - | 8.0 | 35 | 0.3 | [44] |
| B. licheniformis AT6 | Colloidal chitin | - | Ammonium sulfate | Yeast extract | 7.0 | 35 | 0.5 | [31] |
| B. licheniformis NM120–17 | Colloidal chitin | Lactose | Casein | - | 8.0 | 30 | 1.5 | [45] |
| B. thuringiensis NM101–19 | Colloidal chitin | Galactose | Casein | - | 7.0 | 30 | 1.5 | [45] |
| B. thuringiensis R 176 | Ball-milled chitin | Rice Straw | Ammonium sulfate | Rice Straw | 7.0 | 37 | 0.5 | [51] |
| E. fergusonii | Swollen chitin | Sucrose | Ammonium sulfate | Yeast extract | 7.0 | 30 | 1.0 | [33] |
| S. marcescens ATCC27117 | Colloidal chitin | - | Yeast extract | Tryptone | 7.5 | 30 | 1,5 | [52] |
| S. marcescens KY | Colloidal chitin | - | Yeast extract | Tryptone | 6.0–7.0 | 30 | 1.5 | [52] |
| S. griseorubens C9 | Colloidal chitin | - | Yeast extract | - | 5.0–9.0 | 40 | 2.0 | [30] |
| S. viridificans | Colloidal chitin | Arabinose | Ammonium sulfate | Yeast extract | 6.0 | 30 | 1.5 | [53] |