ABSTRACT
Microbial enzymes considered more useful than the enzymes from animals or plants because of distinct catalytic activity, ease of genetic manipulation, the rapid growth of microbial cells on inexpensive media and the high yield makes microbial enzymes more stable than any other plant and animal enzymes. Microbial lipases got much attention in the modern food industry instead of traditional chemical processes and widely used in the production of various fruit beverages, baked foods, and fermented vegetables. Production of lipase has been reported from several sources which can be broadly classified into synthetic medium and agriculture residues. The environment polluted with oil enhances the growth of oil-degrading microorganisms being a standard carbon source. Several microorganisms have been exploited for the production of lipases as most commercially useful lipases are of microbial origin. The main concept is that microbial lipases often exhibit versatile substrate particularity and hence can be utilized for the transformation of various unnatural substrates.
