Table 2.

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

S. no.	Temperature (°C)	Chitinase activity (μM/h/100 ml)
		Still culture	Shake culture
1.	0	0	0
2.	20	8.2 ± 0.42	18.7 ± 0.8
3.	25	23.4 ± 1.3	51.6 ± 2.3
4.	30	56.7 ± 2.5	76.7 ± 4.3
5.	35	52.1 ± 2.3	65.5 ± 3.7
6.	40	42.5 ± 2.1	55.3 ± 3.1
7.	45	35.3 ± 3.3	44.7 ± 2.1
8.	50	23.8 ± 1.3	35.2 ± 1.8
9.	55	14.5 ± 1.3	23.6 ± 1.3