Table 1.

Effect of incubation time (h) on chitinase activity (μM/h/100 ml) by Serratia marsecens strain (SR₁) grown in still and shake cultures

S. no.	Incubation time (h)	Chitinase activity (μM/h/100 ml)
		Still culture	Shake culture
1.	0	0	0
2.	24	17.3 ± 0.8	25.8 ± 1.3
3.	48	43.7 ± 2.1	50.1 ± 2.1
4.	72	59.4 ± 2.5	61.2 ± 2.5
5.	96	65.3 ± 3.2	77.3 ± 4.2
6.	120	48.6 ± 2.2	54.3 ± 2.5
7.	144	11.3 ± 0.9	21.2 ± 1.3