Production of Chitinase by Solid State Fermentation –Sudhakar.P

Enzymes are the most efficient bio-catalysts which catalyze many biological reactions. Enzymes are the most important products obtained for human needs through microbial sources. Enzymes are first reported in the second half of the nineteenth century (Godfrey et al. 1996). Since then, its usage has increased manifolds in various industries. In the last three decades with rapid strides in the field of biotechnology, especially in the field of genetic and protein engineering, there has been many exciting research work involving enzymes with the development of new commercially important industrial processes. Enzymes are used in several industries because they are specific, versatile and very effective biological catalysts, resulting in much higher reaction rates when compared to chemically catalyzed reactions under ambient conditions.