In this work, a microbial strain, isolated from the Mauritian soil was identified as a member of Oxalobacteraceae family but due to lack of complete sequence homology further characterisation of the isolate might be required before confidently stating the identity of the isolate. The isolated strain also had the ability to produce amylase on different wastes, with temperature, pH and inoculum level having no significant effect on enzyme yield. Potato peel was found to be the best substrate with the maximum production occurring at a temperature of 50ºC, a pH of 6 and with an inoculum level of 50% (v/w). Optimisation of other parameters needs to be performed before deciding on the suitability of this isolate for fermentation processes. Furthermore, with an optimum working temperature of 50ºC, the possibility that the enzyme would display thermostability cannot be neglected though this remains to be confirmed. Nevertheless, this work can be considered to be a contribution to the studies available on the potential and possible applications of newly-isolated species to the field of industrial biotechnology.