Effect of cultivation conditions on growth and α-amylase production by a thermophilic Bacillus sp.

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-65

  Mamo, G ^a   Gessesse, A ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASES; BACTERIOLOGY; CULTIVATION; NITROGEN; UREA;

AMYLASE ACTIVITY; AMYLASE PRODUCTION; BACILLUS SP; BARLEY FLOURS; CORN FLOUR; CULTIVATION CONDITIONS; HIGH PRODUCTIVITY; NITROGEN SOURCES; THERMOPHILIC BACILLI; TRYPTONE;

STARCH;

AMMONIA; AMYLASE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PEPTONE; UREA;

CULTIVATION; ENZYME; GROWTH; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BARLEY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PH; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032803951     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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