The conventional esterase plate-screening technique has been modified in order to obtain a better differentiation of high producing strains. A short exposure to Lugol's iodine solution after colony growth enhanced the contrast between the precipitation halo and the background. Batch cultures of a selected strain characterized as belonging to theBacillus subtilis group showed a high level of extracellular activity at pH 6.6 to 8.0 and 35°C. In crude extracts the optimum enzymatic activity was obtained at 35°C and pH 7.0.
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