Screening, selection and development of apr-IBL04 for hyper production of macromolecule alkaline protease.

microbe is commonly found in soil and produces proteases on nitrogen and carbon-containing sources and increases the fertility rate by degrading nitrogenous organic materials. The present study was aimed to develop hyper producing mutant strain of for the production of proteases, to improve the process variables by the response surface methodology (RSM) under central composite design (CCD) and the production of protease by the particular mutant strain in a liquid state fermentation media. The mutation of the strain was carried out using ethidium bromide. Pure strain was collected and screened for hyper-production of protease. The production of protease by mutant strain was optimized by varying temperature, inoculum size, pH and incubation time under liquid state fermentation. The CCD model were found to be reliable with of 0.999. The maximum enzyme activity of IBL-04 mutant with 3 mL/100 mL inoculum size, 72 h fermentation time, pH 8, and 45 °C temperature was developed with enzyme activity 631.09 U/mL, indicates 1-7-fold increase in enzyme activity than the parent strain having 82.32 U/mL activity. These characteristics render its potential use in industries for pharmaceutical and dairy formulation.