The biodegradation of methyl suphides by crude enzyme extracts of
Thiobacillus Thioparus
TK-m was investigated in this work. The data revealed that crude protein contents of enzyme extracts from cells
of
Thiobacillus thioparus TK-m was influenced by the saturation levels of the EDTA and ammonium sulphate
solutions. For EDTA, error levels were 3, 5, 7 and 11.0 percent at 0.005, 0.1, 0.15 and 0.2 mM EDTA
respectively. For ammonium sulphate, there was an increase in recovery of total activity at the 40 and 50 percent
saturation levels (122.6 and 101.1 percent respectively) but a decrease at the 65% level (90.4%). Activity of crude
enzyme extracts ranged between 0.095 and 1.28 μmolmin
-1mg
-1.
