Chicken feather waste hydrolysate as a superior biofertilizer in agroindustry

R Bhari, M Kaur, R Sarup Singh - Current Microbiology, 2021 - Springer
Billions of tons of keratinous waste in the form of feathers, antlers, bristles, claws, hair, hoofs,
horns, and wool are generated by different industries and their demolition causes …

Microbial keratinases: industrial enzymes with waste management potential

A Verma, H Singh, S Anwar… - Critical reviews in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Proteases are ubiquitous enzymes that occur in various biological systems ranging from
microorganisms to higher organisms. Microbial proteases are largely utilized in various …

Isolation, screening, characterization, and identification of alkaline protease-producing bacteria from leather industry effluent

C Masi, G Gemechu, M Tafesse - Annals of Microbiology, 2021 - Springer
Background A wide variety of bacterial species produces protease enzyme, and the
application of the same enzyme has been manipulated precisely and used in various …

A review of poultry waste-to-wealth: Technological progress, modeling and simulation studies, and economic-environmental and social sustainability

L Zhang, J Ren, W Bai - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The poultry industry has met more than one-third of the human demand for meat and all the
demand for eggs during the past several decades, and it has also been recognized as a …

Microbial keratinases: an overview of biochemical characterization and its eco-friendly approach for industrial applications

B Srivastava, M Khatri, G Singh, SK Arya - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
The environment is under constant threat due to the huge accumulation of the keratinaceous
wastes produced by poultry processing industries and poultry farms. Millions of tons of …

Methods of keratin extraction from poultry feathers and their effects on antioxidant activity of extracted keratin

S Alahyaribeik, A Ullah - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2020 - Elsevier
The antioxidant activities of extracted keratin from chicken feathers using different chemical
treatments including 2-mercaptoethanol (TME), sodium sulfite (SS), and sodium dodecyl …

A novel source of biofertilizer from feather biomass for banana cultivation

RG Gurav, JP Jadhav - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2013 - Springer
Feather waste is a promising protein biomass available as by-product from poultry
processing was found to be rich in peptides, amino acids, and minerals like nitrogen …

Microbial bioremediation of feather waste for keratinase production: an outstanding solution for leather dehairing in tanneries

M Akhter, L Wal Marzan, Y Akter… - Microbiology …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
In leather industries and tanneries, large amount of wastes has been disposed; which
polluting water, soil, and atmosphere and causing serious human health problems. In …

Sustainable production, biochemical and molecular characterization of thermo-and-solvent stable alkaline serine keratinase from novel Bacillus pumilus AR57 for …

Y Jagadeesan, S Meenakshisundaram… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The increasing amount of recalcitrant keratinous wastes generated from the poultry industry
poses a serious threat to the environment. Keratinase have gained much attention to convert …

Exploitation of chicken feather waste as a plant growth promoting agent using keratinase producing novel isolate Paenibacillus woosongensis TKB2

T Paul, SK Halder, A Das, S Bera, C Maity… - Biocatalysis and …, 2013 - Elsevier
A potent feather degrading bacterium was isolated from soil and it was identified as
Paenibacillus woosongensis TKB2 on the basis of morphological, biochemical and as well …