Bacillus amyloliquefaciens cyclodextrin glucosyltransferase (CGTase) was immobilized on 35 supports by different methods of immobilization. The immobilized enzymes were prepared by physical adsorption on chitin, ionic binding onto Amberalite IRA-45, covalent binding on Duolite D761, and entrapment in polyacrylamide had the highest recovered activity. The immobilized preparations retained 12.08-43.5% of the original specific activity exhibited by the free enzyme. Compared to the free enzyme, the immobilized preparations exhibited higher optimum temperature, lower activation energy, lower deactivation constant rate, higher half-life (T-1/2) values, and resistance to chemical denaturation. The values of thermodynamic parameters for irreversible inactivation indicated that immobilization significantly decreased entropy (Delta S*) and enthalpy of deactivation (Delta H*). The immobilized enzyme displayed higher K-m and lower V-max values. After using for 10 cycles, the retained catalytic activity were 30.0, 35.0, 69, and 54% of the initial values of the immobilized enzyme on chitin, Amberlite IRA-45, Duolite XAD761, and polyacrylamide respectively. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.