Abstract
The investigation was aimed at isolating and characterizing the culturable feather degrading bacteria from soils of the poultry waste dump site along Enugu - Port Harcourt express way by Gariki, Awkunanaw, Enugu. The bacteria that were isolated were tested for their capability to grow on feather meal agar (FMA). The proteolytic bacteria were tested for feather degradation and were further identified according to their morphological and biochemical characteristics. The isolate were gram positive, rod shaped and spore-former and were able to utilize glucose, sucrose and lactose. They were also catalase and oxidase positive. They showed typical characteristics of Bacillus sp., thus were from the Bacillus genus. This Bacillus strain is therefore a promising strain for the management of chicken feather waste through biotechnological processes.
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