Production and biochemical characterization of an α-amylase from the moderate halophile Halomonas meridiana

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-71

  Coronado, María José ^a,b   Vargas, Carmen ^a   Hofemeister, Jürgen ^b   Ventosa, Antonio ^a   Nieto, Joaquín J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amylase production; Halomonas meridiana; Moderate halophile

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; GLUCOSE; MALTOSE; MALTOTRIOSE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STARCH;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HALOMONAS MERIDIANA; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; CULTURE MEDIA; GLUCOSE; HALOMONAS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOMONAS MERIDIANA;

EID: 0033955301     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00628-X     Document Type: Article

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