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Enzymes are biological catalysts which regulate specific biochemical reactions. In recent years, the potential of using microorganisms as biotechnological sources of industrially relevant enzymes has stimulated interest in the exploration of extracellular enzymatic activity in several microorganisms. Among the industrially important enzymes, proteases and amylases are considered to be the most prominent enzymes since they are widely utilized in brewing, detergent, and food industries [1]. Amylases are employed in the starch processing industries for the hydrolysis of polysaccharides such as starch into simple sugar constituents. With the advent of new frontiers in biotechnology, the spectrum of amylase applications has expanded into many new fields such as clinical, medicinal, and analytical chemistry [2]. Starch processing, which is undertaken in two steps, involves liquefaction of the polysaccharide using …