Over the years enzymes have occupied the central stage of all the biochemical and industrial processes due to their remarkable features. Microbial enzymes are commonly used to reduce the levels of contamination created by industrial processes. Xylanases, one of the industrially important enzymes, characterized by their ability to break down xylan to produce short-chain xylo-oligosaccharides. They are versatile natural entities with potential applications in a broad range of industries, particularly in the paper and pulp industries, pharmaceutical industries, biofuels production, food and bakery and solid waste treatment sectors. In this book, you can know the procedure(s) to isolate, identify and characterize the xylanase producing bacteria via morphological, microscopic and biochemical analysis.

A. S. M. Zisanur Rahman, BSc. in Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Presently Pursuing MSc in Biotechnology. My current research is on i) Identifying bacterial distinct evolutionary paths of antibiotic resistance ii) Transcriptome analysis and physiological responses of MDR bacteria exposed to distinct classes of antibiotics.