Screening and Characterization of Chitinolytic Bacteria from Shrimp Waste

Shrimp waste is a perishable material. The degradation process carried out by decaying microbes producing degrading enzymes. presence of chitin content in shrimp causes the emergence chitinase enzyme-producing bacteria. Chitin linear homopolymer composed N-acetyl-D-glucosamine monomers with -(1,4) glycosidic bonds. has unique properties, namely; biodegradable, biocompatible and non-toxic. This its derivatives to be widely used various industrial biomedical applications so that have great economic value. There were 10 isolates chitinolytic bacteria from varying morphological characteristics. ten bacterial NR02, NR03, NR04, NR05, NR06, NR07, NR08, NR09, NR10, NR11 PU01. Chitinolytic index CI value > 2 was produced 4 isolates, NR09 lowest IK generated NR08 0.01. obtained different characters it very likely they come types