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| Article Name : | | | BIODEGRADATION OF FEATHERS BY THE MICROORGANISMS PRESENT IN THE POULTRY WASTES AND ENHANCE ITS ACTIVITY BY MUTATION | | Author Name : | | | P. Senthil Kumari, N. Senthil Kumar | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-3247 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Feathers are composed of over 90% protein and produced in large amount of solid waste and deposited in aquatic environment leads to various diseases to human and aquatic animals. Microbial degradation using wild and mutant strains of B. cereus and P. aeruginosa is an effective process to remediate feather waste. These organisms were widely found in rotted feather and soil of poultry waste. The degradation rate was also high mutant strains of B. cereus compared to P. aeruginosa and wild strains of both. SDS-PAGE analysis proved that the mutant strains had longer polypeptide chains of keratinase enzyme than wild type. Therefore it is an effective method of degradation and the end product also acts as an animal meal. | | Keywords : | | |
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