Analysis of enzymatic activities
Cultivation of the strain to induce the production of the enzyme(s), followed by purification/concentration of the intra- or extra-cellular fraction and analysis using substrate-specific probes and/or proteomic approaches
Phenotypic characterisation
Metabolic and physiologic analyses
Analysis of the strain metabolism (e.g. degradation/production of metabolites, detection of enzymatic activities, capability to grow under certain conditions)