Table 2.

List of Bacillus species used for production of enzymes.

Class of enzyme	Name of enzymes	Enzyme producing Bacillus species
Carbohydrate degrading	α-Amylase, β-Amylase, Arabinase, Cellulase, Chitinase, Chitosanase, Dextranase, Galactanase,	B. coagulans, B. subtilis, B. licheniformis, B. amyloliquifaciens, B. cereus, B. megaterium, B. caldolyticus, B. polymyxa, B. pumilus, B. circulans, B. firmus, B. brevis, B. macerans, B. stearothermophilus
	β-1,3-glucanase, β-1,6-glucanase, Isoamylase, Lichenase, Levansucrase, Maltase, Mannanase, Pactate lysase, Phosphomannase, Pullulanase, Xylanase, Glucose isomerase
Proteases	Aminopeptidase, Esterase, metal proteases, Serine proteases	B. subtilis, B. cereus, B. licheniformis, B. amyloliquifaciens, B. megaterium, B. polymyxa, B. thermoproteolyticus, B. thuringiensis, B. pumilus
Lipase	Phospholipase C, Thiaminase	B. licheniformis, B. cereus, B. anthracis, B. thuringiensis, B. thiaminolyticus
Nucleases	Doxyribonuclease, Ribonucleases, 3-nucleotidases, 5-nucleotidases	B. amyloliquifaciens, B. subtilis, B. cereus, B. megaterium, B. pumilus
Phosphatases	Alkaline phosphatase	B. amyloliquifaciens, B. subtilis, B. cereus
Other	β-lactamase,	B. subtilis, B. cereus, B. anthracis, B. licheniformis, B. megaterium
	Endo-N-acetylglucosaminidase,
	Exo-N-acetylglucosaminidase
	Endo-N-acetymuraminidase,
	Exo-N-acetylglucosaminidase