Morphological and structural characterization of chitin as a substrate for the screening, production, and molecular characterization of chitinase by Bacillus velezensis.

The processing of shellfishery industrial wastes is gaining much interest in recent times due to the presence of valuable components. Chitin is one of the valuable components and is insoluble in most common solvents including water. In this study, a novel gram-positive bacterial strain capable of solubilizing chitin was screened from a prawn shell dumping yard.