It Microbial amylases are exoenzymes and are used in several industrial applications, such as production of bread, maltose syrups, and fermentation of soya sauce, miso etc. It has been used: . as a control enzyme in agar plate-based and carboxymethylcellulose-based clearing assays to screen cellulase activity. . for the hydrolysis of starch to explore the the role of wheat starch in frozen dough. . to inhibit Staphylococcus aureus biofilms.