Table 1.
Colony morphology of microbes and their enzyme characterization
| Microorganisms | Colony morphology | Phytase characteristics | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shape | Size | Margin | Color | Surface texture | Elevation | Consistency | Opacity | Diameter of zone of phytate utilization (mm) | Molecular mass of phytase (kDa) | |
| Streptococcus thermophilus | Round | Small | Entire | Yellowish | Smooth | Raised | Creamy | Opaque | 26 ± 1 | 43 |
| Sporosarcina pasteurii | Round | Medium | Entire | White | Glistening | Convex | Creamy | Opaque | 21 ± 1 | 42.6 |
| Sporosarcina globiospora | Round | Medium | Entire | White | Smooth | Convex | Creamy | Opaque | 23 ± 1 | 42 |
| Sporosarcina psychrophila | Round | Medium | Entire | White | Smooth | Convex | Dry | Translucent | 18 ± 1 | 41.5 |
| Saccharomyces boulardii | Irregular | Medium | Wavy | Creamy | Smooth | Raised | Wrinkled | Opaque | 20 ± 1 | 41 |
The experiments were performed in triplicates, average reading was used for interpretation; ‘±’ denotes the standard deviation