10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 3 Issue 3 2012 (July - September) This study investigated the ability of lessThan i greaterThan Bacillus cereus lessThan /i greaterThan MTCC-1305 to produce alpha amylase and its kinetics, thermodynamic characterization using submerged fermentation. The enzyme was then purified by acetone precipitation and anionic‑exchange chromatographic technique. Effects of pH, substrate concentration, and temperature on enzymatic reaction were studied after partial purification of enzyme solution. Thermal stability was investigated at 90ËšC. The half-life period of the enzyme was obtained as 7.42 min at 90ËšC. Inhibition kinetic study was investigated using 0.05 M CuSO lessThan sub greaterThan 4 lessThan /sub greaterThan solution as an inhibitor. Maximum velocities of reaction were found to be 0.13g/l min (without inhibitor) and 0.061 g/l min (with inhibitor). K lessThan sub greaterThan m lessThan /sub greaterThan and K lessThan sub greaterThan I lessThan /sub greaterThan values were obtained to be 6.49 g/l and 0.3526 g/l respectively from Line-weaver Burke plot. Thermodynamic variables such as enthalpy change of activation âˆ†H*, entropy change of activation ∆S* were obtained from effect of temperature on enzyme activity study using transition state theory Kr. Sugumaran, V.Ponnusami And S.N.Srivastava Thermodynamic characterization, submerged fermentation, Bacillus cereus, α amylase. 407-413