“…One variable was varied at a time keeping other variable constant, it included the incubation time (24-120 h), incubation temperature (20-45°C), pH (4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12), salt concentration (2-6% NaCl), effect of nitrogen sources such as peptone, yeast extract, urea, ammonium chloride, ammonium sulphate, casein and various carbon sources such as arabinose, fructose, D-glucose, mannose, starch, xylose. For each parameter optimization, three sets of independent experiments were carried out and the average values were reported.…”