Starch-hydrolyzing bacteria from Ethiopian soda lakes

Extremophiles

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-144

  Martins, Rita F ^a   Davids, Wagied ^a,b   Abu Al Soud, Waleed ^a   Levander, Fredrik ^a   Rådström, Peter ^a   Hatti Kaul, Rajni ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Alkaliphiles; Bacillus species; Nesterenkonia halobia; Soda lake; Starch hydrolysis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOSE; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S; STARCH;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CLASSIFICATION; ETHIOPIA; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

AMYLOSE; BACILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ETHIOPIA; HYDROLYSIS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; STARCH; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0035319626     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920100183     Document Type: Article

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