Disruption of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 by ultrasound treatment in a bath sonicator, in presence of the glass beads, was carried out for the release of arginine deiminase (ADI) and the results were compared with that of by Dyno-mill. The release of ADI depended mainly on the bead size and cellmass concentration being disrupted in bead mill. Nearly 23 U mL(-1) ADI was released when slurry with a cell-mass concentration of 250 g L-1 was disintegrated for 9 min with 80% bead loading (0.25 mm) in Dyno-mill. Marginally higher amount of ADI (24.1 U mL(-1)) was released by the bath sonication of 250 g L-1 cellmass slurry for 30 min with the beads (0.1 mm) and a sonication power of 170 W. The glass beads, suspended along with the cellmass slurry in bath sonicator, efficiently disrupted the microbial cells to release ADI. Variation in the kinetic constants for the performance parameters implied that ADI release and cell disruption kinetics is a function of disruption technique used and the process variables thereof. Estimation of location factor suggested that (C) 2018 American Institute of Chemical Engineers