Feather Degradation by Bacillus cereus LAU 08

Our journey on studies on microbial keratin degradation started around 2008 through series of investigations. In 2010, we reported the keratinolytic activities of a strain of Bacillus cereus as follows:

A local strain of Bacillus cereus LAU 08 was isolated from a chicken-feather disposal site in Ogbomoso, Southwest Nigeria.