Influence of environmental factors on endo-β-1,4-glucanase production by Bacillus HR68, isolated from a Zimbabwean hot spring

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 363-369

  Mawadza, Crispen ^b   Boogerd, Fred C ^a   Zvauya, Remigio ^b   Van Verseveld, Henk W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Bacillus sp; Cellulose degradation; Chemostat; CO2 auxostat; Endo 1,4 glucanase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CELLULASE; GLUCOSE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMOSTAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; YEAST;

BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030018614     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00399625     Document Type: Article

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