Inoculum and Fermentation Medium:The inoculum was prepared by the addition of sterile distilled water in to the freshly grown nutrient agar slants, from this 0.5 ml of cell suspension was inoculated in to 100 ml of sterilized fermentation medium and incubated at 35°C for 10 hrs. The composition of the fermentation medium was[g/l] 6.0 g Bacteriological peptone; 0.5 g MgSO .7H O; 0.5 g KCl; 1.0 g Starch-, pH 7.