Characterization of the xylanases from the new isolated thermophilic xylan-degrading Bacillus thermoleovorans strain K-3d and Bacillus flavothermus strain LB3A

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-216

  Sunna, Anwar ^a   Prowe, Steffen G ^a   Stoffregen, Tim ^a   Antranikian, Garabed ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus flavothermus; Bacillus thermoleovorans; xylanase

Indexed keywords

XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACILLUS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; XYLAN ENDO-1,3-BETA-XYLOSIDASE; XYLANS; XYLOSIDASES;

EID: 0030963553     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00035-9     Document Type: Article

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