Production of microbial chitinases - A revisit

Production of microbial chitinases have received increased attention in rec ent years due to its potential application in various fields. There has bee n an all around effort to increase the production of chitinases by using ge netically engineered organisms and by incorporating modern fermentation tec hniques. This review presents a brief outline on the production of microbia l chitinases which includes information on random screening and selection o f chitinolytic organisms and the rationale behind the use of genetically en gineered organisms. The problems and perspectives involved in large scale p roduction of chitinases is discussed with special reference to bioreactor s tudies and new fermentation methods. The present limitations in the underst anding of the chitinase fermentation process is also discussed and the scop e for future investigation is outlined in this communication.