The plant-microbe holobiont has garnered considerable attention in recent years,
highlighting its importance as an ecological unit. Similarly, manipulation of the microbial …

The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of five potent keratinolytic bacterial strains,
including Bacillus halotolerans L2EN1, B. cereus N27, B. cereus N14, B. megaterium N35 …

Keratinophilic fungi colonize keratinous substrates and convert them to the constituent
components of low molecular weight. These fungi can be distinguished from others in their …

Feathers are hard waste products, mainly composed of hard β-keratin, and are produced in
large quantities in commercial poultry processing plants. Therefore, their industrial utilization …

Development in food industry increases consumption of chicken by people and it is
estimated that tons of poultry feathers are produced by poultry farms. Hairs are other forms of …

Keratinases are produced by microorganisms as fungi, actinomycetes and bacteria and
have the capacity to degrade tough insoluble keratin proteins, including feathers. Feathers …

Biodegradation of livestock processing waste is one of the more cost-effective, ecologically
safe recycling methods that may preserve nutritional content and key amino acids useful in …

The vast majority of fungi are saprophytic and have the ability to utilize dead plant and
animal tissues. Keratinophilic fungi are a specific group that decomposed keratinized …

Kanpur is a city which has huge number of leather product units and leather processing
plants. These units are one of major contributors of keratinous waste and produces …