MICROBIAL DECOMPOSITION OF PECTIC SUBSTANCES III. Evidence for the role of Protozoa in the retting of plant straws

A D AGATE, J V BHAT

Abstract


Evidence has been adduced to show that reuing liquors of plant straws of Catotropis and Hib/sells carry a large load of protozoa. Crude acetone powder extract of the associated protozoal population has been shown to possess pectic enzymes characterized as pectin methylesterase, pectin polygalacturonase and pectin trans-eliminase.

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